Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rookery \Rook"er*y\, n.; pl. Rookeries.
1. The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds
themselves. --Tennyson.
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2. A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons,
penguins, etc.
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3. The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals.
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4. A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a
cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings.
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5. A brothel. [Low]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rookery
n 1: a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "rookery":
Augean stables, birthplace, breeding place, brooder, cradle, dump,
forcing bed, hatchery, hole, hotbed, hovel, incubator, nest, nidus,
nursery, pesthole, pigpen, pigsty, plague spot, slum, stable, sty,
tenement, the slums, warren