The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Wildlife officials had found that many of these poisons worked their way through the food chain, sickening and killing owls, raptors, coyotes and mountain lions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
That definition stood for decades, notably surviving a 1995 Supreme Court case that focused on the protection of old-growth forests for spotted owls.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
A remarkable fossil site in northwestern China has yielded hundreds of prehistoric bird remains, including clusters of shattered bones compressed into pellet-like masses resembling those produced by modern owls.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
The town tried whirligigs and plastic owls to ward off the birds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Well, that was what owls looked like, and they did stare; but Hester was right, and there was a hostility and suspicion in the dæmon that the man’s face showed nothing of.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
