Rookery Definition

ro͝okə-rē
rookeries
noun
A breeding place or colony of other gregarious birds or animals, as penguins or seals.
Webster's New World
A breeding place or colony of rooks.
Webster's New World
A crowded tenement house or tenement district; esp., a slum.
Webster's New World

(UK) A place where criminals congregate, often an area of a town or city.

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Other Word Forms of Rookery

Noun

Singular:
rookery
Plural:
rookeries

Rookery Sentence Examples

  • Graptolite Island now has a giant rookery - mainly Adelie Penguins.

  • This was quite a large rookery of penguins which allowed very close approach.

  • This is the largest and most accessible turtle rookery in the southern hemisphere.

  • We'll hope to get ashore at Salisbury Plain, home to perhaps the largest king penguin rookery in the world.

  • Gentoo Penguins have established a rookery and a busy penguin highway here.

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Words Starting With

RROROO

Words Ending With

YRYERY

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rookery

Words Starting With R and Ending With Y

Starts With R & Ends With YStarts With RO & Ends With YStarts With R & Ends With RY

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With R7 Letter Words Ending With Y