In a message dated 95-09-19 16:32:15 EDT, martz@holly.ColoState.EDU writes: >Exactly what is a "Parliament of rooks", if there is such a thing? > > A "parliament" is one of those cool collective nouns, used to refer to a group of critters (like a "pride" of lions, "pod" of whales, "murder" of crows, etc.). Dsmith.