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   polygamy

   /pəˈlɪɡəmi/

   noun

   • 1. the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time.
   • ▪ a pattern of mating in which an animal has more than one mate.
   • ▪ the condition of bearing some flowers with stamens only, some with pistils only, and some with both, on the same or different plants.

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French polygamie, via late Latin from Greek polugamia, from polugamos ‘often marrying’.

   Scrabble Points: 19

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