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Bookmark or Share- ROOKERY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comnoun. a group of nesting rooks. a clump of trees containing rooks' nests. a breeding ground or communal living area of certain other species of gregarious birds or mammals, esp penguins or seals. a colony of any such creatures. archaic. an overcrowded slum tenement building or area of housing. rookery. / r k ′ ə-rē /.
- Rookery - WikipediaA rookery is a colony breeding rooks, and more broadly a colony of several types of breeding animals, generally gregarious [1] birds. [2] Coming from the nesting habits of rooks, the term is used for corvids and the breeding grounds [3] of colony-forming seabirds, marine mammals ( true seals or sea lions ), and even some turtles.
- ROOKERY | English meaning - Cambridge DictionaryROOKERY definition: 1. several rooks' nests, high up in the branches of a group of trees 2. several rooks' nests, high…. Learn more.
- Rookery Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster1. a. : the nests or breeding place of a colony of rooks. also : a colony of rooks. b. : a breeding ground or haunt especially of gregarious birds or mammals (such as penguins or seals) also : a colony of such birds or mammals. 2. : a crowded dilapidated tenement or group of dwellings.
- Rook | The Wildlife TrustsThe rook is a large crow that makes a big nest out of twigs in the top of trees, and gathers in large colonies known as 'rookeries'; they often nest in villages and graveyards, but are also birds of farmland and grassland. The male courts the female with a display of strutting, bowing and cawing, and between three and five eggs are laid after ...
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