polygynandry

From polygyn(y) + (poly)andry.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɒlidʒɪˈnændɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɑlidʒɪˈnændɹi/

polygynandry (uncountable)

1. (anthropology, zoology) A mating pattern involving multiple males and multiple females. [from 20th c.]
   • 2016, David P. Barash, Out of Eden, Oxford 2016, p. 29:

     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.

• polygynandrous