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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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An accumulation of angular, coarse-grained fragments (particles of sand and gravel) resulting from the chemical and mechanical weathering of crystalline rocks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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type genus of the Gruidae: typical cranes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Grus
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Broader terms: bird genus
a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Crane
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Broader terms: constellation
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”).
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
天鶴座 /天鹤座
(Tiānhèzuò)
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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Czech:
Jeřáb
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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Esperanto:
Gruo
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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Finnish:
Kurki
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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French:
Grue
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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Galician:
Grou
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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German:
Kranich
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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Icelandic:
Hegrinn
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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Irish:
an Chorr
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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Italian:
gru
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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Japanese:
鶴座
(Tsuruza)
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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Japanese:
つる座
(Tsuruza)
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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Kazakh:
Тырна
(Tyrna)
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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Korean:
두루미자리
(Durumijari)
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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Lithuanian:
Gervė
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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Malay:
Burung Keria
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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Polish:
Żuraw
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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Russian:
Жура́вль
(Žurávlʹ)
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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Slovak:
žeriav
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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Spanish:
Grus
— spring constellation of the southern sky
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Volapük:
sigrud
— spring constellation of the southern sky