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'''Rook''' or '''rooks''' may refer to:<br />
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==Biology==<br />
*[[Rook (bird)]] (''Corvus frugilegus''), a bird of the corvid family<br />
*a [[rookery]], a rook<br />
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==Games==<br />
*[[Rook (chess)]], a piece in chess that moves horizontally and vertically<br />
*[[Rook (card game)]], a trick-taking card game<br />
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==People, characters, individuals==<br />
*a [[rookie]], a rook<br />
*[[Russell Rook, Baron Rook]] (The Lord Rook; 21st century), British Anglican priest; elevated to Baron Rook lifepeerage in 2024<br />
*[[Rook (surname)]]<br />
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* [[Jared Isaacman]] (callsign "Rook"), U.S. entrepreneur, e-finance executive, aerospace executive, private astronaut, administrator-designate of NASA<br />
* [[Martin "Rook" O'Prey]] (1962–1991), Northern Ireland republican paramilitary<br />
*Erik "Rook" Ortiz, member of the U.S. hiphop collective ''[[J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League]]''<br />
* [[Rook Valard]] (born 1974), U.S. musician<br />
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===Fictional entities===<br />
*[[The Rook (comics)]], a comic book character from ''Eerie'' magazine<br />
*[[Rook (G.I. Joe)|Rook (''G.I. Joe'')]], a character in the ''G.I. Joe'' universe<br />
*Rook, an Utrom in [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) (season 4)|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' season 4]]<br />
*[[Rook Bartley]], a character in ''Robotech''<br />
*Rook Blonko, a character in ''[[Ben 10: Omniverse]]''<br />
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==Places==<br />
*[[Montes Rook]], a mountain range on the Moon<br />
*[[Rooks County, Kansas]], USA<br />
*[[Rook Mountain]], a summit in Alaska, USA<br />
*[[Qolla l-Bajda Battery]] or Rook, a discothèque in Żebbuġ, Gozo, Malta<br />
*[[Rook Clift]], South Harting, West Sussex, England, UK; an SSSI<br />
*[[Rooks Bridge]], Rooksbridge, East Brent, Somerset, England, UK; a former 17th-century bridge in Snighampton over the Mark Yeo stream<br />
*[[Rook Street]], Mere, Wiltshire, England, UK<br />
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===Fictional locations===<br />
* [[Rook Islands]], a fictional group of islands in the videogame ''Far Cry 3''<br />
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==Arts, entertainment, media==<br />
*[[Rook (album)|''Rook'' (album)]], 2008 album by Shearwater<br />
*[[The Rook (novel)|''The Rook'' (novel)]], a 2011 supernatural thriller by [[Daniel O'Malley]]<br />
**[[The Rook (TV series)|''The Rook'' (TV series)]], a TV series on ''Starz''<br />
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==Transport and vehicular==<br />
*[[Rook (rocket)]], a British rocket launched between 1959 and 1972<br />
*Rook, an 1874 [[South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotives|South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotive]]<br />
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===Military===<br />
*[[Sukhoi Su-25|Sukhoi ''Su-25'']] "Rook" ({{langx|ru|link=no|Грач|Grach|Rook}}, the bird ''C. frugilegus'') NATO reporting name "Frogfoot", a close air support aircraft<br />
*{{ship|USS|Rooks|DD-804}}, a destroyer launched in 1944, a Cold War U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer<br />
*{{ship|HMS|Rook|1806}}, a 19th-century British Royal Navy Cuckoo-class schooner<br />
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==Other uses==<br />
*[[Rook (piercing)]], a piercing on the anti-helix of the ear<br />
*Symbol of a [[fortification]], fort, fortress, castle<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* ''[[Rook's Textbook of Dermatology]]''<br />
* [[Senter-Rooks House]], Humboldt, Tennessee, USA; an NRHP-listed building, a mayoral mansion<br />
* Rooksbridge, [[East Brent]], Somerset, England, UK; a hamlet where Rooks Bridge was<br />
* [[Rooks Creek (disambiguation)|Rooks Creek]] (disambiguation)<br />
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*[[Rooke]]<br />
*[[Rookery (disambiguation)]]<br />
*[[Rookie (disambiguation)]]<br />
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