noun
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The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
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A group of birds roosting together.
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A bedroom
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The inner roof of a cottage.
verb
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(of birds or bats) To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest
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To spend the night
noun
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A tidal race.
verb
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To rout out of bed; to rouse
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To harass, to treat in a rough way.
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To arrest
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To drive strongly
Examples of roosts in a Sentence
Barlow and Jones (1999) found that soprano pipistrelle nursery roosts were significantly larger than common pipistrelle nursery roosts were significantly larger than common pipistrelle nursery roosts.
They are often seen flying together at dusk to reach communal roosts to spend the night.
Five species of bat are found on the site with two bat roosts found within 50 yards of the building.
These results can then be used to predict why some sites make more attractive maternity roosts than others.
Changes in the roofs of two nursery roosts have improved the environment for the bats during the breeding season.
Whenever watching winter roosts of this Owl, you always locate the most hidden one first.
Nursery roosts tend to be in buildings, but they usually roost solitarily in caves during hibernation.
In summer, bats emerge from their roosts at dusk to feed.
Summer roosts are generally close to good feeding habitats which are rich in insects.
The morning was spent clearing the tunnel of debris and building hibernation roosts for bats.
Overseen by a snowy white owl that roosts in a little hole in the wall, this dark dining room has an occult air.