rookery

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A crowded tenement
a place where criminals congregate, often an area of a town or city
A colony of breeding birds or other animals
a place where crows congregate to breed
{n} a nursery of rooks, cheating, deceit
A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc
{i} colony where animals gather to nest and breed; group of old and dilapidated buildings
A breeding place of birds and animals
A nesting or roosting colony of gregarious birds
A rookery is a colony of penguins (or seals) Male emperor penguins huddle together in a rookery incubating their eggs on their feet In so doing they reduce the heat loss from their bodies by up to 50%
of the fur seals
a breeding or nesting place for birds
a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings
A brothel
A breeding colony of birds or animals
The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves
The breeding ground of seals, esp
rookery
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