Polygyny
Mating system in which the male partner may have multiple partners / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about polygynous marriage practices. For polygynous animal mating, see Polygyny in animals.
Polygyny (/pəˈlɪdʒɪni/) is a form of polygamy entailing the marriage of a man to several women. The term polygyny is from Neoclassical Greek πολυγυνία (polugunía); from Ancient Greek πολύ (polú) 'many', and γυνή (gunḗ) 'woman, wife'.[1]