The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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The residents watched the same deer, coyotes and woodpeckers and played tennis and swam with the same dramatic backdrop of the Santa Monica Mountains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
She provides shelter, nesting materials, and food to myriad juncos, black-capped chickadees, chestnut-backed chickadees, nuthatches, Bewick’s wrens, towhees, all our native woodpeckers, various migratory birds, pollinators, and so many other wildlife.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 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
I have tolerated the sharp claws of squirrels and the nagging pokes of woodpeckers.
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
