rookery

1. 1. A place where rooks nest or breed.
   2. A colony of rooks.
2. The breeding ground of certain other birds or animals, such as penguins and seals.
3. Informal. A crowded and dilapidated tenement.

1. A tenement or dilapidated group of dwellings.
2. A building with many diverse occupants and rooms, such as a boardinghouse.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)

For other uses, see Rookery (disambiguation).

A sea lion rookery at Monterey, California

A rookery is a colony of breeding animals. The term Rookery (See disambiguation page) has also been used as a name for dense slum housing in nineteenth-century cities, and especially London.^[1]

The term is applied to the nesting place of birds, such as crows and rooks, the source of the term. The breeding grounds of colony forming seabirds and marine mammals (true seals or sea lions) and even some turtles are referred to as rookeries.

Paleological evidence points to the existence of a pterodaustro rookery.^[2]

References

1. ^ History of the Seven Dials Area
2. ^ Discovery News New Pterosaur Fossils Reveal Diversity

See also

• Seabird colony
• Auca Mahuevo, for a titanosaurid Sauropod dinosaur rookery

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