Grus

Etymology
From.

Usage notes

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

Hypernyms

 * ; - subfamily

Hyponyms

 * (common crane, Eurasian crane) - type species; (whooping crane),  (wattled crane),  (red-crowned crane),  (Siberian crane),  (hooded crane),  (black-necked crane),  (blue crane),  (demoiselle crane); †Grus primigenia - other species
 * (sarus crane), (sandhill crane), ,  (white-naped crane) - species transferred to genus

Etymology
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From, originally from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  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.

Translations

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 * Irish: Corr
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 * Kazakh: Тырна
 * Lithuanian: Gervė
 * Malay: Burung Keria
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 * Slovak: žeriav
 * Spanish: Grus
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Proper noun

 * 1)   spring constellation of the southern sky