The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Wildlife enthusiast Fred, who had just turned six at the time of filming in the summer and autumn of 2024, enjoyed spotting scorpions, snakes, monkeys, monitor lizards, eagles, hermit crabs, geckos and flying lemurs.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
"In total, 472 exotic animals have been seized, including leopard tortoises, spurred tortoises, Mediterranean tortoises, iguanas, geckos of different varieties, tarantulas and Nile monitor lizards, among others," said a Civil Guard statement.
From Barron's ● Nov. 15, 2025
Listed as threatened since 1990, these long-lived reptiles don’t live alone; they can dig up to 25 burrows a year—and share the space with creatures from geckos to cottontails.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 12, 2023
For example, unlike modern geckos, Helioscopus dickersonae was not primarily nocturnal.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023
At this school, that included the three monitors, plus a group of geckos who played in the school marching band, and a Komodo dragon with terrible breath who everyone—mammal, bird, and lizard alike—avoided.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
