The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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That’s 50,000 Guatemalan quetzals — about $6,400 — to go from Guatemala to the U.S. border, $6,000 for crossing and smuggling fees, and $700 to get him from Phoenix to New York.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
Paintings and decals of quetzals, the long-plumed, vibrantly colored national bird of Guatemala, are as common as murals of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2022
The price for everything would be 28,000 quetzals, or about $3,600.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2020
Money-changers jostled with family members awaiting long-lost relatives, offering to change U.S. dollars into Guatemalan quetzals, calling, “Pesos, pesos, pesos.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2019
“If the quetzals are to be found, Nat,” said my uncle, “we ought to see them here.”
From Through Forest and Stream The Quest of the Quetzal by George Manville Fenn
