The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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The carcass of a four-month-old calf, swarming with flies, lay half-devoured by hyenas.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
It follows four rival families of lions, leopards, hyenas and wild dogs as they compete for dominance, with all the shifting alliances, betrayals and power struggles of a prestige drama.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Other coprolites contained bones chewed up by predators that, like today's hyenas, crushed bones to obtain salts and marrow.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024
A few other studies have used an index similar to the human adverse childhood experiences score with wild primates and hyenas, with largely similar results.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2024
If you’ve ever seen that movie, you know that toward the end the hyenas turn against the villain, Scar, and attack him.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
