Grus

Meaning

Proper Noun

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

Origin

• 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").