Grus

See also: grus, Gruß, and grús

Translingual

Grus grus

Etymology

From Latin grūs (“crane”).

Proper noun

Grus f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Gruidae – cranes.

Usage notes

• Several species, noted below, are now often included in the resurrected genus Antigone by some references.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Gruiformes - order; Gruidae - family; Gruinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Grus grus (common crane, Eurasian crane) - type species; Grus americana (whooping crane), Grus carunculata (wattled crane), Grus japonensis (red-crowned crane), Grus leucogeranus (Siberian crane), Grus monacha (hooded crane), Grus nigricollis (black-necked crane), Grus paradisea (blue crane), Grus virgo (demoiselle crane); †Grus primigenia - other species
  • Grus antigone (sarus crane), Grus canadensis (sandhill crane), Grus rubicunda (Australian crane), Grus vipio (white-naped crane) - species transferred to genus Antigone

References

• Grus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Grus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Grus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

English

Etymology

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin grūs (“a crane (bird)”), originally from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Proper noun

Grus

1. (astronomy) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a crane. It contains the star Alnair and lies south of the constellation Piscis Austrinus.

Derived terms

• Gruis

Translations

spring constellation of the southern sky

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天鶴座／天鹤座 (zh) (Tiānhèzuò)

• Czech: Jeřáb (cs) m
• Finnish: Kurki (fi)
• French: Grue (fr) f
• Galician: Grou (gl)
• German: Kranich (de) m
• Icelandic: Hegrinn (is) m
• Irish: an Chorr f
• Italian: gru (it) f
• Japanese: 鶴座 (ja) (つるざ, Tsuruza)
• Kazakh: Тырна (Tyrna)
• Lithuanian: Gervė f
• Malay: Burung Keria
• Polish: Żuraw (pl) m
• Russian: Жура́вль (ru) m (Žurávlʹ)
• Slovak: žeriav m
• Spanish: Grus
• Volapük: sigrud (vo)

See also

• Grus (constellation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• rugs

Spanish

Proper noun

Grus ?

1. (astronomy) Grus (spring constellation of the southern sky)