Rook (''Corvus frugilegus'') is a bird of the
corvid family. Rook or rooks may also refer to:
Games
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Rook (chess), a piece in chess
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Rook (card game), a trick-taking card game
Military
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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
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USS ''Rooks'' (DD-804), a destroyer launched in 1944
Places
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Montes Rook, a mountain range on the Moon
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Rooks County, Kansas
Fictional entities
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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
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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
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''Rook'' (album), 2008 album by Shearwater
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''The Rook'' (novel), a 2011 supernatural thriller by Daniel O'Malley
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''The Rook'' (TV series), a TV series on ''Starz''
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Rook (piercing), a piercing on the anti-helix of the ear
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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
Aberporth is a seaside village, community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales. The population at th ...
, a British rocket launched between 1959 and 1972
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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
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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 M ...
or Rook, a discothèque in Żebbuġ, Gozo, Malta
*Rook, an 1874
South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotive
See also
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Rookery (disambiguation)
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Rookie (disambiguation)
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Rooks Creek Township, Livingston County, Illinois
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