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- Polyandry in Tibet - Polyandry in Tibet was a traditional marriage practice that existed within a milieu whereby a woman could have several husbands; a father and his sons could share the same wife, and a mother and her daughters could share the same husband. The feudal system also compelled everyone to abide ...
- Polyandry - In social anthropology and sociobiology, polyandry (Greek: poly- many, andros- man) means forming a sexual union with more than one male.
- Nikah Ijtimah - Nikah Ijtimah (English: combined marriage) is a form of polyandry that existed in the Pre-Islamic period in the Arabian peninsula.
- Partible paternity - Partible paternity is where the nurture of a child is shared by multiple fathers, a form of polyandry.
- Adelphogamy - Adelphogamy is a form of sexual partnership between sibling eukaryotes, for example in some species of fungi, flowering plants or ants, or in humans. In sociology, the term adelphogamy may also refer to fraternal polyandry.