rookery Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)

WordNet

Rook"er*y noun
Wordforms
plural Rookeries
Definitions
  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

Webster 1913