"Grus" meaning in English

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Proper name

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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|grūs||a crane (bird)}} Latin grūs (“a crane (bird)”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gerh₂-||to cry hoarsely}} Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”) Head templates: {{en-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 forms: Gruis Translations (spring constellation of the southern sky): 天鶴座 /天鹤座 (Tiānhèzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), Jeřáb [masculine] (Czech), Kurki (Finnish), Grue [feminine] (French), Grou (Galician), Kranich [masculine] (German), Hegrinn [masculine] (Icelandic), an Chorr [feminine] (Irish), gru [feminine] (Italian), 鶴座 (Tsuruza) (Japanese), つる座 (Tsuruza) (Japanese), Тырна (Tyrna) (Kazakh), 두루미자리 (Durumijari) (Korean), Gervė [feminine] (Lithuanian), Burung Keria (Malay), Żuraw [masculine] (Polish), Жура́вль (Žurávlʹ) [masculine] (Russian), žeriav [masculine] (Slovak), Grus (Spanish), sigrud (Volapük)
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