Siberian crane
English
editNoun
editSiberian crane (plural Siberian cranes)
- (ornithology) A large white crane, Grus leucogeranus, which breeds in Arctic Russia and western Siberia.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 870:
- Baby Siberian cranes learning to fly rose briefly against the sky.
Synonyms
edit- (Grus leucogeranus): Siberian white crane, snow crane
Translations
editGrus leucogeranus
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Further reading
edit- Siberian crane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia