OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4924

rook

/ɹʊk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
graja • grajo
A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
But what distinguishes the rook from the crow is the bill; the nostrils, chin, and sides of that and the mouth being in old birds white and bared of feathers, by often thrusting th…
To-night the winds begin to rise ⁠And roar from yonder dropping day: ⁠The last red leaf is whirl’d away, The rooks are blown about the skies; […]
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📚 noun • entry_id 4925

rook

/ɹʊk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
roque • torre
A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
baluarte • bastión
A castle or other fortification.
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