gannetryn.
/ˈɡanɪtri/ A breeding-place for gannets.
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1913 J. H. Gurney Gannet xi. 324 Let us..fix a date and suppose a census taken at every Gannetry on the 1st May, 1910.
1960 K. Williamson & J. M. Boyd St. Kilda Summer 113 St. Kilda has much the biggest gannetry in the northern hemisphere, and..more than one-fifth of the North Atlantic gannets nest there.
1971 Stornoway Gaz. 10 July 4/8 The world's greatest gannetry, in which is estimated 44,000 pairs of gannets breed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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