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rookery 1. a group of nesting rooks 2. a clump of trees containing rooks' nests 3. a. a breeding ground or communal living area of certain other species of gregarious birds or mammals, esp penguins or seals b. a colony of any such creatures rookery [′ru̇k·ə·rē] (zoology) A location used by birds for breeding and nesting. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Calls a house a rookery when there's not a rook near it, and takes the birds on trust, because he sees the nests Ere long, even they were left in shadow--the shadow of the distant hills, or of the earth itself; and, in sympathy for the busy citizens of the rookery, I regretted to see their habitation, so lately bathed in glorious light, reduced to the sombre, work-a-day hue of the lower world, or of my own world within. Long since, he thought; and then, casting his eye through the front glass, which had been recently occluded by the figure of the jarvey, he beheld the tree-tops of the rookery in Randolph Crescent. |
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