rookery

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

rookery
    n 1: a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rookery \Rook"er*y\, n.; pl. {Rookeries}.
   1. The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds
      themselves. --Tennyson.
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   2. A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons,
      penguins, etc.
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   3. The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals.
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   4. A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a
      cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings.
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   5. A brothel. [Low]
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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