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Corvus frugilegus
(gcide) | Rook \Rook\, n. [AS. hr[=o]c; akin to OHG. hruoh, ruoh, ruoho,
Icel. hr[=o]kr, Sw. roka, Dan. raage; cf. Goth. hrukjan to
crow.]
1. (Zool.) A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling
the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet
reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it
are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old
birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name
is also applied to related Asiatic species.
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The rook . . . should be treated as the farmer's
friend. --Pennant.
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2. A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
--Wycherley.
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corvus frugilegus
(wn) | Corvus frugilegus
n 1: common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color
of the American crow [syn: rook, Corvus frugilegus] |
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Corvus frugilegus
(gcide) | Rook \Rook\, n. [AS. hr[=o]c; akin to OHG. hruoh, ruoh, ruoho,
Icel. hr[=o]kr, Sw. roka, Dan. raage; cf. Goth. hrukjan to
crow.]
1. (Zool.) A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling
the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet
reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it
are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old
birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name
is also applied to related Asiatic species.
[1913 Webster]
The rook . . . should be treated as the farmer's
friend. --Pennant.
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2. A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
--Wycherley.
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