The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Market hunters used shotguns, nets and traps to fill traincars with passenger pigeons—as well as robins, woodpeckers, blackbirds and orioles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
An estimated 25 bird species, including ladder-backed woodpeckers, loggerhead shrikes and western screech owls, nest in their trunks and branches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2024
She says she now never sees less common species like treecreepers, nuthatches and green woodpeckers in her garden.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024
Snag-reliant woodpeckers are of particular importance among those species, acting as ecosystem engineers through their foraging and nesting activities.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2024
New ant colonies in the forests at Molln are protected from woodpeckers by wire netting to reduce the toll.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
