Reply #34: The original author was correct

[Alameda]

Polygyny is one thing polygamy is yet another.

"Polygyny (from neo-Greek: πολύ poly - "many", and γυνή gyny - "woman or wife")<1> is a form of marriage in which a man has two or more wives at the same time.<2> In countries where the practice is illegal, the man is referred to as a bigamist or a polygamist. It is distinguished from relationships where a man has a sexual partner outside marriage, such as a concubine, casual sexual partner, paramour, cohabits with a married woman or other culturally but not legally recognized secondary partner. Polygyny is the most common form of polygamy; the much rarer practice of polyandry is the form of marriage in which one woman has two or more husbands at the same time.<3>"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygyny

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy