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monogynious

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mo⋅nog⋅y⋅ny

[muh-noj-uh-nee]
–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


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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