dictionary definitions for "grus"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  Grus
      n 1: a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near
           Phoenix [syn: Grus, the Crane]
      2: type genus of the Gruidae: typical cranes [syn: Grus,
         genus Grus]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grus \Grus\ prop. n. [L. the crane.] (Astron.)
     A constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere between
     Indus and Piscis Austrinus.
     [PJC]


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