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Look up: Monogamy

  1. Monogamy
    a mating system where a male and female mate together for an entire reproductive season or for their entire lives.
    Found on http://www.coralrealm.com/viewpage.asp?p

  2. Monogamy
    Mating of an animal with only one member of the opposite sex.
    Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos

  3. Monogamy
    A form of marriage in which each married partner is allowed only one spouse at any given time.
    Found on http://www.polity.co.uk/giddens5/student

  4. monogamy
    [n] - having one wife at a time
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Monogamy
    a form of marriage joining two partners
    Found on http://wps.pearsoned.co.uk/wps/media/obj

  6. Monogamy
    Mo·nog"a·my noun [ Latin monogamia , Greek ...: confer French monogamie .] 1. Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy . Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy . 2. (Zoology) State of being paired with a single mate.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/94

  7. monogamy
    1. Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; opposed to deuterogamy. ... 2. <zoology> State of being paired with a single mate. ... Origin: L. Monogamia, Gr., cf. F. Monogamie. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?m

  8. monogamy
    monogamousness noun having only one spouse at a time
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Monogamy
    `Monogamy` is the custom or condition of having only one mate in a relationship, thus forming a couple. The word monogamy comes from the Greek word `monos`, which means one or alone, and the Greek word `gamos`, which means marriage or union. Serial monogamy is having no more than one sexual partner at a time but allows for multiple partners in a lifetime. In western culture serial monogamy is common with individuals before they start a family, du...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogamy

  10. Monogamy
    `Monogamy` is the custom or condition of having only one mate in a relationship, thus forming a couple. The word monogamy comes from the Greek word `monos`, which means one or alone, and the Greek word `gamos`, which means marriage or union. Serial monogamy is having no more than one sexual partner at a time but allows for multiple partners in a lifetime. In western culture serial monogamy is common with individuals before they start a family, du...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogamy

  11. Monogamy
    • (n.) Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy. • (n.) State of being paired with a single mate.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. monogamy
    the custom that allows a person to be legally married to only one spouse at one time. Appearing in two general forms, monogamy may imply a lifelong ... [6 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/113

  13. monogamy
    monogamy, monogamous 1. The condition, rule, or custom of being married to only one person at a time (opposed to polygamy or bigamy); chiefly applied to the rule or custom (more explicitly called monogyny) by which a man can have only one wife, but also including monandry, the rule or custom by which a woman can have only one husband. 2. The practice or principle of ma...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

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