polyandrous

1. 1.

   having more than one husband at a time

   Similarpolygamous

Questions about polyandrous

What does polyandrous mean?

polyandrous means "having more than one husband at a time".

How many syllables are in polyandrous?

polyandrous has 4 syllables: po-ly-an-drous. The stress falls on "an". In IPA it is /ˌpɑˌliˈændɹəs/.

Is polyandrous a common word?

polyandrous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.