The name's likeliest origin is Anglo-Saxon Hrōca burh or similar = " Rook fort ", where Rook may be the bird or may be a man's name.

# REDIRECT Rook ( bird )

* Corvus frugilegus Rook

The type species is the Common Raven ( Corvus corax ); others named in the same work include the Carrion Crow ( C. corone ), the Hooded Crow ( C. cornix ), the Rook ( C. frugilegus ), and the Jackdaw ( C. monedula ).

* Rook ( card game ), a trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards

* Aaron P. Rook ( 1892-1969 ), writer, musician, novelist and travel writer

* Jean Rook ( 1931 – 1991 ), British newspaper columnist

* Jerry Rook ( born 1943 ), American former professional basketball player

* Rook ( band ), alternative rock band ( Lyman Smith, Mark Tillman, Eric Koller )

* Rook ( album ), 2008 album by Shearwater

* Rook ( Transformers ), a fictional Transformers character

* Rook ( comics ), comic book character from Eerie magazine

* Rook ( rocket ), a British rocket launched between 1959 and 1972

* Rook ( 1874 – 1892 ), GWR no.

* Rook ( piercing ), a piercing on the anti-helix of the ear

Clarence Rook, in his 1899 book, Hooligan Nights, claimed that the word came from Patrick Hoolihan ( or Hooligan ), an Irish bouncer and thief who lived in London.

; Kordos, L. & Rook, L. ( eds ): Recent Advances on Multidisciplinary Research at Rudabánya, Late Miocene ( MN9 ), Hungary: A compendium.

He offered membership in his Inner Circle to Archangel, Storm, and Sunspot ( also known as Roberto da Costa, son of former White Rook Emmanuel da Costa ), but all declined.

; Kordos, L. & Rook, L. ( eds ): Recent Advances on Multidisciplinary Research at Rudabánya, Late Miocene ( MN9 ), Hungary: A compendium.

In addition, there were another three dozen smaller frigates, sloops, bomb vessels, gun-brigs and schooners ( e. g. HMS Rook attached to the British fleet ), and a very large number of merchant or requisitioned ships carrying troops or supplies.

* Secrets of Rook Endings ( 1992, 1999 ), Gambit Publications.

John Rook then moved in Eric Chase ( mid-day ), Charlie Fox ( early evening ) and Dave Diamond ( late night ).

The two official variants of four-player partnership Rook described by the game publishers are Kentucky Discard Rook ( Tournament Rules ), and Regular Partnership Rook:

Officially recognized variants of Kentucky Discard Rook ( Tournament Rules ) include Kentucky Discard Original Rules ( eliminates the Rook card ), The Red 1 ( adds the red 1 card as a higher 30 point trump ), and Buckeye ( adds 1s as 15 point counters that are the highest cards in each suit ).

* ( Rook Bartley ) ( Mika Doi ): A 16-year-old former motorcycle gang member and girlfriend to gang leader, Romy.

Other wildlife of note at the park include a large corvid roost made up of Rook, Jackdaw, and Carrion crow.

He appeared in Earth in front of a police car, being received by Rook, a talking crow, who leaded to Zaggot, the God of Chaos, who appeared as the responsible of Goro's disappearance from Outworld.

" Zaggot is almost always accompanied by a talking crow, Rook.

He has a talking crow named Mister Rook, which accompanies him and ceaselessly congratulates his lordship.

The object of such games then may be closely tied to the number of tricks taken, as in plain-trick games such as Whist, Contract Bridge, Spades, Napoleon, Rowboat, and Spoil Five, or on the value of the cards contained in taken tricks, as in point-trick games such as Pinochle, the Tarot family, Rook, All Fours, Manille, Briscola, and most " evasion " games like Hearts.

The Rook is scientist Restin Dane, who comes from a family of scientists whose members include the unnamed protagonist of the novel The Time Machine by H. G.

* Aga ( bird ), Corvus kubaryi-the Mariana Crow

The Hooded Crow ( Corvus cornix ) ( sometimes called Hoodiecrow ) is a Eurasian bird species in the crow genus.

The Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris ), a Corvid from the Horn of Africa, shares with the Common Raven the distinction of being the largest in the Corvid family, and indeed the largest of the most diverse bird order, the passerines.

The Pied Crow ( Corvus albus ) is a widely distributed African bird species in the crow genus.

The Western Jackdaw ( Corvus monedula ), sometimes known as the Eurasian Jackdaw, European Jackdaw or simply Jackdaw, is a passerine bird in the crow family.

The House Crow ( Corvus splendens ), also known as the Colombo Crow is a common bird of the Crow family that is of Asian origin but now found in many parts of the world, where they arrived assisted by shipping.

The American Crow ( Corvus brachyrhynchos ) is a large passerine bird species of the family Corvidae.

The Daurian Jackdaw ( Corvus dauuricus ) is a bird in the Corvidae, or crow family.

The only other pied corvid species inhabiting the same region is the Chinese Collared Crow ( Corvus torquatus ) but as this is a much larger bird ( about the same size or slightly larger than the Carrion Crow ) confusion is unlikely to occur.

The Northwestern Crow ( Corvus caurinus ) is an all-black passerine bird of the crow genus native to the northwest of North America.

The Sinaloan Crow ( Corvus sinaloae ) appears to be genetically extremely close to this bird and can be considered the western form of it though the voice is quite different, indeed a third species, the Fish Crow ( Corvus ossifragus ) of the southeastern United States appears to be very closely related to them also and the three may be considered a superspecies.

The Fan-tailed Raven ( Corvus rhipidurus ) is a passerine bird of the crow family native to Eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

The Brown-necked Raven ( Corvus ruficollis ) is a larger bird ( 52 – 56 cm in length ) than the Carrion Crow though not as large as the Common Raven.

The Dwarf Raven was formerly considered a subspecies ( Corvus ruficollis edithae ) but this bird now appears to be closer to the Pied Crow ( C. albus ) than this species.

The Hawaiian Crow or Alalā ( Corvus hawaiiensis ) is a species of bird in the crow family, Corvidae.

The Common Raven ( Corvus corax ), also known as the Northern Raven, is a large, all-black passerine bird.

* a bird of the Corvus ( genus ), known as a crow

The Palm Crow ( Corvus palmarum ) is a relatively small black bird in the crow family that occurs mostly on the large Caribbean island of Hispaniola, itself divided into the two countries of Dominican Republic and Haiti.

One drawing from this sequence, " Corvus Cum ", portraying a man ejaculating a black bird, was exhibited at the ICA in London while Ridley was still a student and – with calls for it to be displayed behind a curtain – became a cause célèbre.