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polygyny

mating system in which one male lives and mates with multiple females but each female only mates with a single male
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polygyny

Summary

polygyny ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (438 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • polygyny's subclass of is recorded as polygamy in animals[2].
  • polygyny's opposite of is recorded as monogyny[3].
  • polygyny's opposite of is recorded as polyandry in animals[4].
  • polygyny's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0_xbb24[5].
  • polygyny's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/polygyny-animal-behaviour[6].
  • polygyny's icon is recorded as Polygyny (bold, color).svg[7].
  • polygyny's Analysis & Policy Observatory term ID is recorded as 79051[8].
  • polygyny's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as poliginiia-13c534[9].

Why It Matters

polygyny ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (438 views/month).[1] polygyny has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] polygyny is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). polygyny. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/polygyny
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_polygyny_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{polygyny}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/polygyny}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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