Crossword clues for monogyny
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Monogyny \Mo*nog"y*ny\, n. [See Monogynia.]
Marriage with the one woman only.
(Bot.) The state or condition of being monogynous.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The practice of having one wife at the same time. 2 The condition in ants of having only one queen at a time.
WordNet
n. having only one wife at a time
Wikipedia
Monogyny is a specialised mating system in which a male can only mate with one female throughout his lifetime but the female may mate with more than one male. In this system the males generally provide no paternal care. In many spider species that are monogynous, the males have two copulatory organs, which allows them to mate a maximum of twice throughout their lifetime. As is commonly seen in honeybees, ants and certain spider species, a male may put all his energy into a single copulation, knowing that this will lower his overall fitness. During copulation monogynous males have adapted to cause self genital damage or even death to increase their chances of paternity.
Usage examples of "monogyny".
It was already known that bees could die from too much stress, and now some claimed that the extensive patrolling of the invaders, the disappearance of monogyny - rule by a single queen - from the mass swarms, or the difficulty of preparing for winter at such a late date had made the bees functionally neurotic and suicidal.