Grus

American  

[gruhs, groos] / grʌs, grus /

noun

Astronomy.

genitive

Gruis

1. the Crane, a southern constellation between Indus and Piscis Austrinus.

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Grus British  

/ ɡrʊs /

noun

1. a constellation in the S hemisphere lying near Phoenix and Piscis Austrinus and containing a first and a second magnitude star

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Etymology

Origin of Grus

< Latin grūs crane; akin to Greek géranos

Example Sentences

Another codeword is the term Grus 200, or Cargo 200.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2022

It was an engineer named Joel Grus who came up with “ELMo” to stand for “Embeddings from Language Models,” he says, and the name “instantly stuck.”

From The Verge • Dec. 11, 2019

Scientists at USGS's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Maryland, spearheaded the recovery of Grus americana, whose numbers had once dropped to fewer than 20 in the wild.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 17, 2018

If you want precision, use the scientific name, Grus grus, which is onomatopoeic, recalling the birds’ powerful bugling calls.

From Newsweek • Mar. 12, 2015

Thus the Ibis tantalus and Grus americanus take four years, the Flamingo several years, and the Ardea ludovicana two years, before they acquire their perfect plumage.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles