Examples from the Web for polyandrous
The word Pachbhaiya means ‘five brothers,’ and this name possibly commemorates a polyandrous connection of some Audhelia woman.The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India|R. V. Russell
Polyandry is usually the result of poverty, and the polyandrous races are little fecund and tend to disappear.
Nymphomaniacs often have polyandrous instincts, and they then become more insatiable than men.
Polyandrous, with numerous stamens (inserted on the receptacle), 100.The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray
A man may be polygamous in one village, and be one of a polyandrous lot of men a few miles off.Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston
Word Origin and History for polyandrous
1764, in botany, "having numerous stamens," from poly- + stem of aner "man, husband" (see anthropo-). From 1854 of humans, "having more than one husband." Greek polyandros meant "numerous" (of persons), "populous" (of places); polyanor meant "of many husbands."