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Definition of Heronry
1. Noun. A breeding ground for herons; a heron rookery.
Definition of Heronry
1. n. A place where herons breed.
Definition of Heronry
1. Noun. a breeding woodland for herons. Also known as a heron rookery. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heronry
1. a place where herons breed [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heronry
Literary usage of Heronry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1853)
"Besides, you can ascertain whether Lee was, or was not, at the heronry about ...
He cowered beneath it, hid himself at the heronry, and would see no one ..."
2. Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American by William Henry Hurlbert (1888)
"A famous heronry has existed here for many years, and the birds are held now by Mr.
and Mrs. Stacpoole as sacred as are the storks in Holland. ..."
3. My Life: From 1815 to 1849 by Charles Loftus (1877)
"... heronry—The Art of Falconry—Pells, the German Falconer—Luring back a truant
Hawk—Lord Conyers Osborne—A Horse warranted quiet with Hounds—Coursing ..."
4. The Long White Mountan: Or, A Journey in Manchuria, with Some Account of the by Henry Evan Murchison James (1888)
"A snake story—Wild and cultivated ginseng—Useful trees—Another flood down the
Sungari—Rapacity of Chinese boatmen—A fine heronry—Difficulties of the ..."
5. Animal Memoirs by Samuel Lockwood (1888)
"of this heronry reached far back. ... VIII It was observed of the fledgeling
qua-birds in Endi- cott's "heronry" that they were clumsy at climbing, ..."
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