noun
Meaning 1
Grus americana, a species of crane native to North America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
whooping crane
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noun
Meaning 2
rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: whooper, Grus americana
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: crane
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: হুপিং সারস (hupiṅ śaroś) — Grus americana
- Catalan: grua cridanera — Grus americana
- Chinese Mandarin: 美洲鶴 /美洲鹤 (měizhōuhè) — Grus americana
- Dutch: kraanvogel — Grus americana
- Estonian: kisakurg — Grus americana
- Finnish: trumpettikurki — Grus americana
- French: grue canadienne — Grus americana
- French: grue américaine — Grus americana
- Irish: grús Meiriceánach — Grus americana
- Korean: 미국흰두루미 (migukhuindurumi) — Grus americana
- Latin: Grus americana — Grus americana
- Latin: Grus canadensis — Grus americana
- Navajo: dééł łigaiígíí — Grus americana
- Navajo: tóniłhę́ęshii — Grus americana
- Punjabi: ਅਮਰੀਕੀ ਕੂੰਜ (amarīkī kūñj) — Grus americana
- Russian: америка́нский жура́вль (amerikánskij žurávlʹ) — Grus americana
- Spanish: grulla blanca — Grus americana
- Swedish: trumpetartrana — Grus americana