Plural of 'she,' the female pronoun used as a noun, usually referring to multiple female animals or people.
From Old English 'hēo,' the feminine pronoun; in modern English, when 'she' becomes a noun (as in 'the shes and hes'), it takes a regular plural '-s'.
In informal speech, calling female animals or objects 'the shes' is a shorthand that shows how pronouns can transform into nouns—language is always recycling itself!
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