The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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The shipment of animals from Moscow also included two yaks, five cockatoos and dozens of pheasants as well as mandarin ducks, Kozlov's office said.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2024
The less popular pet species — your gerbils, iguanas, and cockatoos — should be grateful.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2024
The cockatoos sometimes devoted considerable time and energy to the task, actively transporting the rusk to water and then waiting for it to soften.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
But you could walk around, and you could hold your hand out and they would come … there were macaws and cockatoos, they were just wonderful.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
Breakfast was punctuated by the shrieks and cries of howler monkeys, hill mynahs and Moluccan cockatoos.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
