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monogynic

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mo⋅nog⋅y⋅ny

  [muh-noj-uh-nee]
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–noun
1. the practice or condition of having only one wife at a time.
2. (of a male animal) the condition of having one mate at a time.
3. (in social insects) the condition of having one functioning queen in a colony.
4. Botany. the condition of having one pistil.
Origin:
1875–80; mono- + Gk -gynia, equiv. to gyn() woman, wife + -ia -y 3

Related forms:
mo⋅nog⋅y⋅nous, mon⋅o⋅gyn⋅ic  [mon-uh-jin-ik] , mon⋅o⋅gyn⋅i⋅ous, adjective
mo⋅nog⋅y⋅nist, noun
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monogynic

adjective
having one head or chief wife at a time (along with concubines) [syn: monogynous] 
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