[net.legal] Defs of polygamy

hurst@grc97.UUCP (Dave Hurst) (08/11/86)

> 
> First question is easy: polygamy means many wives.  Marriage with many
> husbands is called polyandry (polyandria?).
> 
I think that you have your suffixes mixed up. As I understand the
definitions, polygamy means many spouses (spice? :-) Polygyny means
many wives. Polyandry means many husbands. (I don't have a dictionary handy
right now, but I think these are correct.)
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