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

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡrus]

Proper noun

Grus m anim (female equivalent Grusová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Grus (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Grus	Grusové
genitive	Grusa	Grusů
dative	Grusovi	Grusům
accusative	Grusa	Grusy
vocative	Gruse	Grusové
locative	Grusovi	Grusech
instrumental	Grusem	Grusy

Spanish

Proper noun

Grus ?

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