"grus" meaning in Latin

See grus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈɡruːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈɡrus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *grūs, from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Cognate to English crane, but not to grouse, whose etymology is unknown. Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-pro|*grūs}} Proto-Italic *grūs, {{der|la|ine-pro|*gerh₂-||to cry hoarsely}} Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”), {{cog|en|crane}} English crane Head templates: {{la-noun|grūs/gru<3>|g=f|g2=m}} grūs f or m (genitive gruis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|grūs/gru<3>}} Forms: grūs [canonical, feminine, masculine], gruis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], grūs [nominative, singular], gruēs [nominative, plural], gruis [genitive, singular], gruum [genitive, plural], gruī [dative, singular], gruibus [dative, plural], gruem [accusative, singular], gruēs [accusative, plural], grue [ablative, singular], gruibus [ablative, plural], grūs [singular, vocative], gruēs [plural, vocative]
  1. crane, a bird also eaten as food Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-grus-la-noun-yzhPtSpa
  2. a type of siege weapon Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-grus-la-noun-QxQ~yU~E Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Birds Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 22 14 1 11 22 22 1 7 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 12 1 17 20 20 1 10 0 0 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 37 63 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 37 63 Disambiguation of Birds: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: corvus [masculine] [weapon, weaponry, military, tools, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, war, government, politics] Derived forms: gruō 
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