Rook Rook (''Corvus frugilegus'') is a bird of the corvid family. Rook or rooks may also refer to: Games *Rook (chess), a piece in chess *Rook (card game), a trick-taking card game Military *Sukhoi Su-25 or Rook, a close air support aircraft * USS ' ...

(''Corvus frugilegus'') is a bird of the corvid family. Rook or rooks may also refer to:

Games

* Rook (chess), a piece in chess * Rook (card game), a trick-taking card game

Military

Sukhoi Su-25 The Sukhoi Su-25 ''Grach'' (russian: Грач (''rook''); NATO reporting name: Frogfoot) is a subsonic, single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Sukhoi. It was designed to provide close air support for Soviet Gro ...

or Rook, a close air support aircraft * USS ''Rooks'' (DD-804), a destroyer launched in 1944

Places

Montes Rook Montes Rook is a ring-shaped mountain range that lies along the western limb of the Moon, crossing over to the far side. It completely encircles the Mare Orientale, and forms part of a massive impact basin feature. This range in turn is encircled ...

, a mountain range on the Moon * Rooks County, Kansas

Fictional entities

The Rook (comics) The Rook is a fictional, time-traveling comic book adventure hero. He first appeared in March 1977 in American company Warren Publishing's ''Eerie'', ''Vampirella'' & '' Warren Presents'' magazines. In the 1980s, the Rook became popular and gain ...

, a comic book character from ''Eerie'' magazine * Rook (''G.I. Joe''), a character in the ''G.I. Joe'' universe *Rook, an Utrom in ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' season 4 *Rook Blonko, a character in '' Ben 10: Omniverse''

Other uses

* ''Rook'' (album), 2008 album by Shearwater * ''The Rook'' (novel), a 2011 supernatural thriller by Daniel O'Malley ** ''The Rook'' (TV series), a TV series on ''Starz'' *

Rook (piercing) A rook piercing is a perforation of the antihelix of the ear for the purpose of wearing jewelry. It is located just above the tragus on the ridge between the inner and outer conch with the piercing passing from the underside to the top of this ...

, a piercing on the anti-helix of the ear *

Rook (rocket) Rook is the name of a British rocket. Twenty five Rook rockets were launched between 1959 and 1972. The launches took place from Aberporth in Wales and from Woomera in South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in ...

, a British rocket launched between 1959 and 1972 *

Rook (surname) Rook is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ada Rook, Canadian musician * Alan Rook (1909-1990), editor of the 1936 issue of ''New Oxford Poetry'', one of the Cairo poets *Jean Rook (1931–1991), British newspaper columnist * Jer ...

Qolla l-Bajda Battery Qolla l-Bajda Battery ( mt, Batterija tal-Qolla l-Bajda or ) is an artillery battery in Żebbuġ, Gozo, Malta. It was built by the Order of Saint John between 1715 and 1716 as one of a series of coastal fortifications around the coasts of the Mal ...

or Rook, a discothèque in Żebbuġ, Gozo, Malta *Rook, an 1874 South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotive

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