Grues
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin grues, plural of grus (“crane”).
Proper noun
Grues
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Gruiformes – 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
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Grues”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.