Grues
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin grues, plural of grus (“crane”).
Proper noun[edit]
Grues
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Gruiformes – the core Gruiformes.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (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[edit]
- (suborder): Gruidae, Psophiidae, Aramidae, Heliornithidae, Rallidae - families (sometimes also including †Aptornithidae)
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (suborder): Eurypygae - suborder
References[edit]
- “Grues”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.