Grus

2 definitions found

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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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