monandry
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mo·nan·dry
(mə-năn′drē)n.
1. The state or practice of having one husband at a time.
2. Zoology A mating pattern in which a female mates with only one male in a single breeding season.
3. Botany The condition of being monandrous.
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mo•nan•dry
(məˈnæn dri)n.
1. the practice or condition of having one husband at a time.
2. (of a female animal) the condition of having one mate at a time.
[1850–55]
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monandry
the custom of marriage to only one man at a time. — monandrous, adj.
See also: Marriage-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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| Noun | 1. |  monandry - the state of having only one husband at a timemarriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, wedlock, union - the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union" |
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