rookery

Meanings

• noun

  A place where rooks or other birds of the heron family nest and breed.

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with rookery
okery , stokerie

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Variants

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rookeries , rookery

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Etymology

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From Middle English rokery, rookerie, from rook (bird).

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Trivia

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1. A rookery is not just a place for birds to nest, but also a term used to describe a colony of other animals, such as seals or walruses.

2. The largest rookery in the world is located on the island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean, where over 1 million pairs of Antarctic shag nest.

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Related Concepts

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1. heronry: Similar term used for the nests of herons and other large wading birds.

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Culture

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In literature, rookeries are often depicted as noisy, chaotic, and unsanitary places. In the Harry Potter series, a rookery is the name of a section of the Shrieking Shack where Animagus forms go to change into their animal forms.

How to Memorize "rookery"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a large group of rooks or other heron family birds perched on trees or nesting in a colony.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'rookery' with the image of a crowded nesting site of rooks or other heron family birds.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering that 'rookery' comes from the word 'rook' and is the place where rooks nest.

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