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1. (n.) rookery
a colony or breeding place of rooks or other gregarious creatures, as penguins or seals.
2. rookery
any teeming, overcrowded place.
Etymology: (1715–25)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) rookery
a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
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1. (noun) rookery
the breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves
2. (noun) rookery
a breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc
3. (noun) rookery
the breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals
4. (noun) rookery
a dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings
5. (noun) rookery
a brothel
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