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polyandrous

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pol·y·an·drous  (pl-ndrs)
adj.
1. Relating to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry.
2. Botany Having an indefinite number of stamens.
polyandrous  (pl-ndrs)
1. Relating to a species of animals in which the females mate with more than one male in a single breeding season.
2. Relating to an angiosperm plant that has an indefinite number of stamens in its flowers.
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Adj.1.polyandrous - having more than one husband at a time
polygamous - having more than one mate at a time; used of relationships and individuals
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Hilaire, both in varieties and in species, that when any part or organ is repeated many times in the structure of the same individual (as the vertebrae in snakes, and the stamens in polyandrous flowers) the number is variable; whereas the number of the same part or organ, when it occurs in lesser numbers, is constant.
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