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

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 *

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

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 Sovi ...

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

Places

* Montes Rook, a mountain range on the Moon *

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

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 Jean Kathleen Rook (13 November 1931 – ...

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

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