rookery
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Rookery
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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| —n , pl -eries | |
| 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 | |
| 4. | archaic an overcrowded slum tenement building or area of housing |
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Science Dictionary
rookery (r k'ə-rē) Pronunciation Key
A place where certain birds or animals, such as crows, penguins, and seals, gather to breed. |
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Example sentences
So are four dolphins, several sea otters and a rookery of penguins.
Significantly, the coast around the lighthouse has become a well-known rookery for local elephant seals.
At the end of their third week, having almost given up on living, they find the rookery.
Some of the ponds serve as rookery sites while others are maintained as feeding areas.
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