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rookeries

Meaning

of Rookery

Source: Webster's dictionary

Examples

Oliver Twist finishes in the slums and rookeries along its south bank. Source: Internet

Presented by JW Pieper, the session will explore current research on great blue heron rookeries and explain how this monitoring project adds to the body of scientific knowledge. Source: Internet

In otariid species like the South American and Australian sea lions, non-territorial subadults form "gangs" and cause chaos within the breeding rookeries to increase their chances of mating with females. Source: Internet

Mating may occur outside the rookeries, between non-territorial males and females, as the latter move to and from the mating site. Source: Internet

Similar to modern pinnipeds, Pteranodon may have competed to establish territory on rocky, offshore rookeries, with the largest, and largest-crested, males gaining the most territory and having more success mating with females. Source: Internet

Their rookeries populate with newborn pups as well as male and female otariids that remain to defend their territories. Source: Internet

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