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rookery n. 白嘴鸦的群箩;企鹅 白嘴鸦的群箩;企鹅 rookery n 1: a breeding ground for gregarious birds ( such as rooks) Rookery \ Rook" er* y\, n.; pl. { Rookeries}. 1. The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings. [ 1913 Webster] 5. A brothel. [ Low] [ 1913 Webster] 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
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