heronry
noun
a place where a colony of herons breeds.
heronries
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pluralof heronry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But even the full-grown bird was not too powerful for the digestive organs in those days: it was termed viand royal, and heronries were maintained for the purpose of food, as well as diversion.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
There were at that time heronries, as at a later period there were pheasantries.
From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob
On the other hand, though the heron is the far more powerful bird of the two, heronries have likewise been scattered, and their trees appropriated, by rooks, probably in overwhelming numbers.
From Birds in the Calendar by Frederick G. (Frederick George) Aflalo
Thus the number of so-called heronries in the United Kingdom, and especially in England and Wales, has become far greater than formerly, but no one can doubt that the number of herons has dwindled.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
Were it not for the fact that herons nest like rooks, and that heronries are valued appurtenances in parks, they would soon become scarce.
From The Life of the Fields by Richard Jefferies
