Grues

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin grues, plural of grus (“crane”).

Proper noun

Grues

A taxonomic suborder within the order Gruiformes – the core Gruiformes.

Hypernyms

(suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Gruiformes - order

Hyponyms

(suborder): Gruidae, Psophiidae, Aramidae, Heliornithidae, Rallidae - families (sometimes also including †Aptornithidae)

Coordinate terms

(suborder): Eurypygae - suborder

References

“Grues”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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