Grue
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Grue may refer to:
- Grue (monster)Grue (monster)A grue is a fictional predator that dwells in the dark. The word was first used in modern times as a fictional predator in Jack Vance's Dying Earthuniverse ....
, a predator invented by Jack Vance and featured in the Zork series - Grue and bleen, portmanteau words formed from green and blue, coined by Nelson Goodman to illustrate his "new riddle of induction"
- Grue, a linguistic and translation concept (see Distinguishing blue from green in languageDistinguishing blue from green in languageThe English language makes a distinction between blue and green, but some languages do not. Of these, quite a number, mostly in Africa, do not distinguish blue from black either, while there are a handful of languages that do not distinguish blue from black but have a separate term for green...
) - Grue, NorwayGrue, NorwayGrue is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Solør. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kirkenær ....
, a municipality - Crane (bird)Crane (bird)Cranes are a family, Gruidae, of large, long-legged and long-necked birds in the order Gruiformes. There are fifteen species of crane in four genera. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back...
, a gruiform - Grue (fanzine), an influential science fiction fanzine published by Dean Grennell
- Grue (Freedom City), an alien race in the role-playing game Mutants and Masterminds
- Isle-aux-GruesIsle-aux-GruesIsle-aux-Grues is an island situated on the Saint Lawrence River, measuring approximately 7 kilometres by 2 kilometres. It is the only inhabited island among the twenty-one which make up the Isle-aux-Grues archipelago...
, an island in Quebec, Canada - Grues, VendéeGrues, VendéeGrues is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.-References:*...
, a commune in France - Grue (torrent), a river in north-west Italy
See also
- GRU (disambiguation)GRU (disambiguation)GRU or Gru may refer to:* GRU, Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravleniye , a Russian military intelligence organization...
- Groo (disambiguation)
- Grew (disambiguation)
- Grewe (disambiguation)