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/pɒlid͡ʒɪˈnændɹi/ · noun
(anthropology, zoology) A mating pattern involving multiple males and multiple females..
If you've never heard of polygynandry before, this isn't surprising because it is a very unusual mating system, found only in a tiny number of vertebrate species and in no other primates.
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Polygynandry means (anthropology, zoology) A mating pattern involving multiple males and multiple females..
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If you've never heard of polygynandry before, this isn't surprising because it is a very unusual mating system, found only in a tiny number of vertebrate species and in no other primates.
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