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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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