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单词 heronry
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Definition of heronry in English:

heronry

nounPlural heronries ˈhɛr(ə)nriˈherənrē
  • A breeding colony of herons, typically in a group of trees.

    鹭群繁殖处(多在树林中)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He also carried out an unauthorised development which involved the wanton destruction of protected trees and a heronry.
    • For this purpose, keepers of parks, rabbit warrens and heronries were ordered to produce venison and wildfoul for their masters' tables.
    • They usually nest together in colonies called heronries.
    • In 1997, we estimated that about 800 pairs of wading birds nested at heronries on Canarsie Pol Island.
    • You're virtually guaranteed to see avocets, and you will certainly see herons, since the ancient woodland, with its noisy rookery, has the largest heronry in the UK.

Definition of heronry in US English:

heronry

nounˈherənrē
  • A breeding colony of herons, typically in a group of trees.

    鹭群繁殖处(多在树林中)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They usually nest together in colonies called heronries.
    • He also carried out an unauthorised development which involved the wanton destruction of protected trees and a heronry.
    • For this purpose, keepers of parks, rabbit warrens and heronries were ordered to produce venison and wildfoul for their masters' tables.
    • You're virtually guaranteed to see avocets, and you will certainly see herons, since the ancient woodland, with its noisy rookery, has the largest heronry in the UK.
    • In 1997, we estimated that about 800 pairs of wading birds nested at heronries on Canarsie Pol Island.
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