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, The Century Co., New York, 1911.

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