rookery
/ˈrʊkəri/
noun
- A colony or breeding place of rooks (a type of bird) or other large birds, typically in a group of trees.
- We could hear the noisy calls of the birds from the rookery across the field.
- The rookery in the village has been there for over a hundred years.
- The old oak trees in the park are home to a large rookery.
- A crowded, noisy, or untidy place where many people live closely together, often in poor conditions.
- The narrow alley was a rookery of small shops and crowded apartments.
- The old tenement building was a cramped rookery of families.
- During the gold rush, the mining town became a dusty rookery of tents and shacks.
- A breeding place or colony of certain other animals, such as penguins or seals.
- Scientists studied the seal rookery on the remote island beach.
- The penguin rookery on the Antarctic coast held thousands of birds.
- Every summer, the sea lions return to the same rookery to give birth.
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