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s | polyandry |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun polyandry is

(marital) the having of a plurality of husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a woman to more than one man, or the practice of having several husbands, at the same time.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    polyandry

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (marital) The having of a plurality of husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a woman to more than one man, or the practice of having several husbands, at the same time.
  • (zoological) The mating pattern whereby a female copulates with plural males.
  • (general) Sexual relations with plural males, by a female or a male, human or non-human, within or without marriage.

    • Antonyms

    * monandry * (with respect to number) monogamy * (with respect to gender) polygyny

    Hypernyms

    * polygamy

    Coordinate terms

    * bigamy

    Related terms

    * polyandrist

    See also

    * concubine * seraglio * harem