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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At present, however, in consequence of the discontinuance of hawking, little attention is paid to the protection of heronries.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 486, April 23, 1831 by Various
At breeding time these birds assemble in very large companies, and their nesting-places are called heronries or rookeries.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach
Thanks to the night heron's habits that keep him concealed by day when gunners are abroad, a few large heronries still exist within an hour's ride of New York, in spite of much persecution.
From Birds Every Child Should Know by Neltje Blanchan
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
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
