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rookery |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rookery \Rook"er*y\, n.; pl {Rookeries}. 1. The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also the birds themselves. --Tennyson. 2. A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc 3. The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals. 4. A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings. 5. A brothel. [Low] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rookery n : a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
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