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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Gruiformes — thecranes .
Etymologies
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Grus + -idae
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A wild river called the Amur on the Chinese – Russian border is global headquarters to the family Gruidae — the cranes.
Birds Out of Time Flannery, Tim 2002
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