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Rookery vs Heronry - What's the difference?

rookery | heronry |

As nouns the difference between rookery and heronry

is that rookery is a colony of breeding birds or other animals while heronry is a breeding woodland for herons also known as a heron rookery.

rookery

English

(wikipedia rookery)

Noun

(rookeries)
  • A colony of breeding birds or other animals.
  • A crowded tenement.
  • (British) a place where criminals congregate, often an area of a town or city.
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    • heronry

    English

    Noun

    (heronries)
  • a breeding woodland for herons. Also known as a heron rookery.