Grus

grus Gruß grús Translingual thumb|160px|Grus grus Etymology From mul la grūs crane. Proper noun 1 f genus family Gruidae cranes Usage notes Several species, noted below, are now often included in the resurrected genus Antigone genus by some references. Hypernyms genus ; Gruinae subfamily subfamily Hyponyms genus Grus grus species (common crane, Eurasian crane) type species; Grus americana species (whooping crane), Grus carunculata species (wattled crane), Grus japonensis species (red-crowned crane), Grus leucogeranus species (Siberian crane), Grus monacha species (hooded crane), Grus nigricollis species (black-necked crane), Grus paradisea species (blue crane), Grus virgo species (demoiselle crane); †Grus primigenia other species Grus antigone species (sarus crane), Grus canadensis species (sandhill crane), Grus rubicunda species (Australian crane), Grus vipio species (white-naped crane) species transferred to genus Antigone genus References Grus (genus) Grus (genus) 1 1 mul Birds English Etymology Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From en la grūs a crane (bird), originally from en ine-pro *gerh₂- to cry hoarsely. Proper noun en constellation 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 en Gruis Translations spring constellation of the southern sky Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 天鶴座 Czech: cs Jeřáb m Esperanto: eo Gruo Finnish: fi Kurki French: fr Grue f Galician: gl Grou German: de Kranich m Icelandic: is Hegrinn m Irish: ga Corr f an Chorr Italian: it gru f Japanese: ja 鶴座 Tsuruza, ja つる座 Tsuruza Kazakh: kk Тырна Korean: ko ^두루미자리 Lithuanian: lt Gervė f Malay: ms Burung Keria Polish: pl Żuraw m Russian: ru Жура́вль m Slovak: sk žeriav m Spanish: es Grus Volapük: vo sigrud See also Grus (constellation) Anagrams en grsu rugs Czech Etymology cs Pronunciation Proper noun m-an Grusová cs m Declension m.an.surname Further reading Spanish es: Proper noun es constellation en Grus spring constellation of the southern sky