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grus

grus noun: an accumulation of angular, coarse-grained fragments (particles of sand and gravel) resulting from the chemical and mechanical weathering of crystalline rocks.

Noun

grus (plural gruses)

  1. An accumulation of angular, coarse-grained fragments (particles of sand and gravel) resulting from the chemical and mechanical weathering of crystalline rocks.

Proper noun capitalized: Grus

Grus

  1. A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a crane. It contains the star Alnair and lies south of the constellation Piscis Austrinus.

Forms of grus

pluralgruses

Origin of grus

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin grūs (“a crane (bird)”), originally from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Words formed from grus

  • Gruis

Questions about grus

What does grus mean?
Grus means an accumulation of angular, coarse-grained fragments (particles of sand and gravel) resulting from the chemical and mechanical weathering of crystalline rocks.
What part of speech is grus?
Grus can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of grus?
The plural of grus is gruses.

Words near grus in the dictionary

  1. gruppetti
  2. gruppetto
  3. gruppettos
  4. gruppo
  5. Grupps
  6. grus
  7. gruses
  8. grush
  9. grushie
  10. grushies
  11. Gruszka

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