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Noun: conservancy  kun'sur-vun(t)-see
  1. [Brit] A commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river
     
  2. The official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.

Derived forms: conservancies

Type of: commission, committee, conservation

Nearest

consent decree
consentaneous
consenter
consentient
consenting
consequence
consequent
consequential
consequentially
consequently
conservancy
conservation
conservation of charge
conservation of electricity
conservation of energy
conservation of mass
conservation of matter
conservation of momentum
conservation of parity
conservational
conservationist