1) Breeding ground 2) Breeding ground for birds 3) Breeding ground for seals 4) Breeding place for birds 5) Dilapidated tenement 6) Penguin or seal colony 7) Seal Island
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1) Heronry 2) Nest
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nesting place for rooks, birds that were related to the crow. David Copperfield's childhood home in Blunderstone was called the Rookery. Rookery was also used to denote an urban slum.
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A rookery is a colony of breeding animals, generally birds. A rook is a Northern European and Central Asian member of the crow family, which nest in prominent colonies (multiple nests) at the tops of trees. The term is applied to the nesting place of birds, such as crows and rooks, the source of the term. The breeding grounds of colony-forming sea...
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[slum] `Rookery` was a colloquial term given in the 18th and 19th centuries to a city slum occupied by poor people and frequently also by criminals and prostitutes. Such areas were overcrowded, with low-quality housing and little or no sanitation. Poorly constructed dwellings, built with multiple storeys and often crammed into any area of o...
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• (n.) A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc. • (n.) A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings. • (n.) The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals. • (n.) The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves. • (n...
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A breeding colony of birds or animals.
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Rook'er·y noun ;
plural 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.
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a breeding place; often used to describe breeding places for seals and seabirds
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A rookery is a colony of rooks, penguins or seals.
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Rookery is slang for a row or disturbance.
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[
n] - a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
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noun a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
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A breeding ground, especially of gregarious birds or mammals; also a colony of such birds or mammals
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a place where birds of the same species breed and nest, especially herons and egrets
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