adelphogamy

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Mating between ants descended from the same queen.

   “But, however true it may be that all of the products of adelphogamy have but a single mother, we cannot ignore the fact that they have divers fathers.”

2. isim A form of polyandry in which a woman is married to two or more brothers.

   “Concerning the system of polyandry among the Todas, I gather that a woman may be married to more than one man, provided they are brothers (adelphogamy), and the maximum number of husbands seems to be five.”

3. isim Marriage between a brother and a sister.

   “What made Tiye encourage her children to engage in adelphogamy, especially given that Semenkhkara had already become a victim?”