Rookeries

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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