What is another word for rooks?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈʊks] (IPA)

Rooks, a member of the crow family, are highly intelligent birds known for their intelligence and resourcefulness. They are often associated with mystery, darkness, and even death. While the word rooks might evoke various negative connotations, there are several synonyms that capture the essence of these birds in a more positive light. Some of the synonyms for rooks include crow, raven, jackdaw, and magpie. All these birds have unique features and behaviors that help them thrive in their natural habitats. From their striking black feathers to their sharp instincts, these birds continue to captivate and intrigue us with their intelligence and adaptability.

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Usage examples for Rooks

They are not yet ripe as a crop; the rooks are a good guide in that respect, and they have not yet set steadily to work upon this their favourite autumn food.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
It was quite a public calamity in this rural empire, and all seemed to feel for the poor rooks as for fellow-citizens in distress.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
The hootings of this unhappy gentleman may generally be heard in the still evenings, when the rooks are all at rest; and I have often listened to them of a moonlight night with a kind of mysterious gratification.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving

Famous quotes with Rooks

  • As in hunting, so in hawking, the sportsmen had their peculiar impressions, and therefore the tyro in the art of falconry is recommended to learn the following arrangement of terms as they were to be applied to the different kinds of birds assembled in companies. A sege of herons, and of bitterns; an herd of swans, of cranes, and of curlews; a dopping of sheldrakes; a spring of teels; a covert of cootes; a gaggle of geese; a badelynge of ducks; a sord or sute of mallards; a muster of peacoccks; a nye of pheasants; a bevy of quails; a covey of partridges; a congregation of plovers; a flight of doves; a dule of turtles; a walk of snipes; a fall of woodcocks; a brood of hens; a building of rooks; a murmuration of starlings; an exaltation of larks; a flight of swallows; a host of sparrows; a watch of nightingales; and a charm of goldfinches.
    Joseph Strutt
  • The outsider will say, "in fact, as a woman, I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." And if, when reason has said its say, still some obstinate emotion remains, some love of England dropped into a child's ears by the cawing of rooks in an elm tree, by the splash of waves on a beach, or by English voices murmuring nursery rhymes, this drop of pure, if irrational, emotion she will make serve her to give to England first what she desires of peace and freedom for the whole world.
    Virginia Woolf
  • He was in LOGIC a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south, and south-west side: On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute, He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks Committee-men and Trustees.
    Samuel Butler (poet)
  • And meadow rivulets overflow, And drops on gate bars hang in a row, And rooks in families homeward go, And so do I.
    Thomas Hardy

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