All 3 Uses of
horde
in
Oryx and Crake
- There, it was rumoured, the kids ran in packs, in hordes.†
p. 73.2hordes = large numbers
- One side had the cities and the riches and the other side had the hordes, and usually but not always — the most viciousness.†
p. 77.8
- That was a cute one, because it was the Aztecs who represented civilization, while the Spaniards were the barbarian hordes.†
p. 78.0 *
Definition:
a very large number -- typically of people, animals, or insects on the move