Rook (''Corvus frugilegus'') is a bird of the
corvid
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. In colloquial English, they are known as the crow family or corvids. Currently, ...
family. Rook or rooks may also refer to:
Games
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Rook (chess)
The rook (; ♖, ♜) is a piece in the game of chess. It may move any number of squares horizontally or vertically without jumping, and it may an enemy piece on its path; additionally, it may participate in castling. Each player starts the game ...
, a piece in chess
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Rook (card game)
Rook is a trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards. Sometimes referred to as Christian cards or missionary cards, Rook playing cards were introduced by Parker Brothers in 1906 to provide an alternative to standard playin ...
, a trick-taking card game
Military
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Sukhoi Su-25 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
Rooks County (standard abbreviation: RO) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 4,919. The county seat is Stockton, and the largest city is Plainville. The county was named for Priva ...
Fictional entities
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The Rook (comics), 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), a British rocket launched between 1959 and 1972
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Rook (surname)
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Qolla l-Bajda Battery 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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