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loomery

Syllables: loom·eryUK/ˈluːməɹi/US/ˈluːmɚi/

loomery noun: a breeding colony of guillemots (seabirds of the genus Uria) or other auks, typically densely packed on a sea cliff; the cliff or ledges on which such seabirds breed.

Noun

loomery (plural loomeries)

  1. A breeding colony of guillemots (seabirds of the genus Uria) or other auks, typically densely packed on a sea cliff; the cliff or ledges on which such seabirds breed.
    • There is a very extensive loomery at Cape Hay; we regret the circumstances which prevent our levying a tax upon it.1859, Francis Leopold McClintock, The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas, London: John Murray, page 147
    • If a shot be fired at a "loomery," the fowl fly away in thousands from their hatching places, without the number of those that are not frightened away being apparently diminished.1881, A. E. Nordenskiöld, translated by Alexander Leslie, The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co.
    Synonyms:
    colony, seabird city

Synonyms of loomery

Forms of loomery

pluralloomeries

Origin of loomery

From loom (“guillemot, diver”) + -ery, with -ery in the sense of a place or a collection, on the model of rookery. First attested in the 1859 Arctic narrative of Francis Leopold McClintock.

Questions about loomery

What does loomery mean?
Loomery means a breeding colony of guillemots (seabirds of the genus Uria) or other auks, typically densely packed on a sea cliff; the cliff or ledges on which such seabirds breed.
What part of speech is loomery?
Loomery is a noun.
How do you pronounce loomery?
Loomery is pronounced /ˈluːməɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of loomery?
The plural of loomery is loomeries.

Words near loomery in the dictionary

  1. Loomer
  2. Loomered
  3. loomeries
  4. Loomering
  5. Loomers
  6. loomery
  7. Loomes
  8. Loomeses
  9. loomfixer
  10. loomfixers
  11. looming

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