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rookery

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7 lettersPart of speech nounSorted ekoorryStarts with REnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)

Word origin

From rook + -ery, 1725.

Used in a sentence

  • It was a rookery which had never been raided by the hunters, and in consequence the seals were mild-tempered and at the same time unafraid.
  • In winter rooks roost together in large numbers, and the roost may or may not be a rookery, but almost daily the local residents pay visits to the nesting trees, and about this time often begin playing at nest-building.
  • There are six rookeries either side of Haddiscoe Island, which average 283 nests each.

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