Grus

From Latin grūs (“crane”)

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

• Several species are now included in genus Antigone. See species marked with * below.

• (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

• (genus): Grus grus - type species; Grus americana, Grus antigone* (sarus crane), Grus canadensis* (sandhill crane), Grus carunculata, Grus japonensis, Grus leucogeranus, Grus monacha, Grus nigricollis, Grus paradisea, †Grus primigenia, Grus rubicunda, Grus vipio* (white-naped crane) - other species

• 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

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”).

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 Austrinis.

• Gruis

• Grus (constellation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• rugs

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