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harem

noun as in group of lady attendants

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Demolishing the myth of the happy male lion ruling a pride with a harem of females, "Queer Planet" explains that most male lions will actually spend the majority of their lives with each other.

From Salon

His cloak was as perfumed as a harem.

It was peak breeding season; the beach should have been teeming with harems of fertile females and enormous males battling one another for dominance.

Codde said the behavior was unusual not only because the bull elephant seal took an active interest in the pup but because he left his harem of female elephant seals unprotected, SF Gate reported.

I've never met anyone who had a family member in a harem, but I don't think it's exactly what people think.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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