Spotted having five or more (5)
I believe the answer is:
seven
'more' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both quantities as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'spotted having five' is the wordplay.
'spotted' becomes 'seen' (spot can mean to see or notice).
'having' indicates putting letters inside.
'five' becomes 'V' (Roman numeral).
'seen' placed around 'v' is 'SEVEN'.
'or' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for seven that I've seen before include "So many ages of man (AYLI)" , "See 1" , "Cube root of 343" , "Numeral" , "Number (of stars in the sky?)" .)