Grus
Americannoun
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Gruis
genitive
noun
Etymology
Origin of Grus
< Latin grūs crane; akin to Greek géranos
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Another codeword is the term Grus 200, or Cargo 200.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2022
It was an engineer named Joel Grus who came up with “ELMo” to stand for “Embeddings from Language Models,” he says, and the name “instantly stuck.”
From The Verge ● Dec. 11, 2019
Scientists at USGS's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Maryland, spearheaded the recovery of Grus americana, whose numbers had once dropped to fewer than 20 in the wild.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 17, 2018
If you want precision, use the scientific name, Grus grus, which is onomatopoeic, recalling the birds’ powerful bugling calls.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 12, 2015
The Grus monachus is not, however, jet black, but brownish rather.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule
One of its stars, α, is probably referred to by Al-Sufi in his description of Sagittarius; it lies nearly midway between β Sagittarii and α Gruis, and is the brightest star of the constellation.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore
Latitude by e Pegasi and a Gruis 19 degrees 42 minutes 10 seconds; variation of compass 6 degrees 15 minutes east.
From Journals of Australian Explorations by Augustus Charles Gregory
Latitude by a Gruis and a Pegasi 20 degrees 36 minutes 20 seconds; variation of compass 70 degrees east.
From Journals of Australian Explorations by Augustus Charles Gregory
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