Rookery
noun, plural rookeries.
1.
a breeding place or colony of gregarious birds or animals, as penguins and seals.
2.
a colony of rooks.
3.
a place where rooks congregate to breed.
4.
a crowded tenement house.
noun (pl) -eries
1.
a group of nesting rooks
2.
a clump of trees containing rooks’ nests
3.
a breeding ground or communal living area of certain other species of gregarious birds or mammals, esp penguins or seals
a colony of any such creatures
4.
(archaic) an overcrowded slum tenement building or area of housing
rookery
(rk’ə-rē)
A place where certain birds or animals, such as crows, penguins, and seals, gather to breed.
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