Grus
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Grus can refer to
  • Grus (genus)
    Grus (genus)
    Grus is a genus of large birds in the crane family.-Species:* Common Crane, Grus grus* Sandhill Crane, Grus canadensis** Lesser Sandhill Crane or Little Brown Crane, Grus canadensis...

    , a genus of birds in the crane
    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...

     family.
  • Grus (constellation)
    Grus (constellation)
    Grus is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the crane, a species of bird. It was introduced in the late sixteenth century.-History:The stars that form Grus were originally considered part of Piscis Austrinus...

    , the constellation "Crane"
  • Grus (geology)
    Grus (geology)
    Grus is an accumulation of angular, coarse-grained fragments resulting from the granular disintegration of crystalline rocks generally in an arid or semiarid region. Grus sand, when cemented into a sandstone, will form an arkose....

     or grit (geology), a clastic sediment composed of hard, often abrasive granules of a size range between sand and pebbles, typically from exfoliation
    Exfoliation (geology)
    Exfoliation joints or sheet joints are surface-parallel fracture systems in rock often leading to erosion of concentric slabs.- General characteristics of exfoliation joints :* Commonly follow topography ....

     of bedrock (typically granite
    Granite
    Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...

    )
  • Grus, the historical sword of Boleslaw Krzywousty (Boleslaus the Wrymouthed), medieval prince of Poland
    Poland
    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

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