"polyandrous" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "monandrous"
    },
    {
      "word": "polygynous"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "poly",
        "3": "androus"
      },
      "expansion": "poly- + -androus",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From poly- + -androus.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "polyandrous (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "polygamous"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with poly-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 32:",
          "text": "Why, she goes on, meeting another husband, lays another batch of eggs, leaves them and goes on her polyandrous way, flirting, fighting - oh, out on the razzle-dazzle generally.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988 December 25, Los Angeles Times:",
          "text": "Nestled in this remote area of northwestern Nepal is a tiny settlement of ethnic Tibetan Buddhists, the land of the Nyinba, where UCLA anthropologist Nancy Levine found one of the last flourishing polyandrous populations, a society where women marry several men.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to polyandry; engaging in polyandry."
      ],
      "id": "en-polyandrous-en-adj-kqggDhJf",
      "links": [
        [
          "polyandry",
          "polyandry"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Of or pertaining to polyandry",
          "word": "polyandre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "Of or pertaining to polyandry",
          "word": "poliandra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "Of or pertaining to polyandry",
          "word": "polandrach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Of or pertaining to polyandry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "poliandro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Of or pertaining to polyandry",
          "word": "poliandro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Of or pertaining to polyandry",
          "word": "poliândrico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Of or pertaining to polyandry",
          "word": "poliandro"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "en:Botany",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -androus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ido translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens inserted in the receptacle."
      ],
      "id": "en-polyandrous-en-adj-ijDoOT3Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "Polyandria",
          "Polyandria#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "stamen",
          "stamen"
        ],
        [
          "receptacle",
          "receptacle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens inserted in the receptacle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "polyandrous"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "monandrous"
    },
    {
      "word": "polygynous"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms prefixed with poly-",
    "English terms suffixed with -androus",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "poly",
        "3": "androus"
      },
      "expansion": "poly- + -androus",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From poly- + -androus.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "polyandrous (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "polygamous"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 32:",
          "text": "Why, she goes on, meeting another husband, lays another batch of eggs, leaves them and goes on her polyandrous way, flirting, fighting - oh, out on the razzle-dazzle generally.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988 December 25, Los Angeles Times:",
          "text": "Nestled in this remote area of northwestern Nepal is a tiny settlement of ethnic Tibetan Buddhists, the land of the Nyinba, where UCLA anthropologist Nancy Levine found one of the last flourishing polyandrous populations, a society where women marry several men.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to polyandry; engaging in polyandry."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "polyandry",
          "polyandry"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens inserted in the receptacle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "Polyandria",
          "Polyandria#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "stamen",
          "stamen"
        ],
        [
          "receptacle",
          "receptacle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens inserted in the receptacle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Of or pertaining to polyandry",
      "word": "polyandre"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "Of or pertaining to polyandry",
      "word": "poliandra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Of or pertaining to polyandry",
      "word": "polandrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Of or pertaining to polyandry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poliandro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Of or pertaining to polyandry",
      "word": "poliandro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Of or pertaining to polyandry",
      "word": "poliândrico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Of or pertaining to polyandry",
      "word": "poliandro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "polyandrous"
}