The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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It would have eaten small dinosaurs, lizards and mammals – occupying a similar role in the food chain to the hyena today.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Fossil sites containing dinosaurs also frequently preserve animals that were much smaller, including mammals, lizards, amphibians, and other vertebrates.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
From the director of ‘Tiger King,’ a new docuseries examines the cold-blooded, illegal trade in lizards and the like in the 1980s and the lives of those who facilitated it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Adders, slow worms and common lizards will be the focus of protection efforts during a major peatland restoration project near Dumfries.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Finally, he won it back with the help of roasted lizards.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
