3. (Zoöl.) Mating with but one of the opposite sex; -- said of birds
and mammals.
Mo*nog"a*my (?), n. [L. monogamia, Gr. &?;: cf. F. 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.