| Rookery 1. (n.) The breeding place of a colony of rooks (black European crows), or penquins or seals; also, the birds themselves. 2. (n.) A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc. 3. (n.) The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals. 4. (n.) A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings. 5. (n.) A brothel. Thesaurus Entries 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 |