1. polyandrous - Adjective
2. polyandrous - Adjective Satellite
Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn Tibet, polyandry has been outlawed since the Chinese takeover of the area, so it is difficult to measure the incidence of polyandry in what may have been the world's most polyandrous society. Source: Internet
Other species have polygynous ("many females") or, rarely, polyandrous ("many males") breeding systems. Source: Internet
Macmillan & Co, 1932. p. 33. *"The Maasai are polyandrous". Source: Internet
New York: Falstaff Press, 1937. vol. 2, p. 219. * Marquesans had "a society in which households were polyandrous." Source: Internet
Polyandry main Polyandry is notably more rare than polygyny, though less rare than the figure commonly cited in the Ethnographic Atlas (1980) which listed only those polyandrous societies found in the Himalayan Mountains. Source: Internet
Their social organization is unique among primates and is called a "cooperative polyandrous group". Source: Internet