sarus

noun

sa·​rus

ˈsärəs

variants or sarus crane

plural saruses or sarus cranes

: a crane (Grus antigone or Antigone antigone) of the Indian and Malay region

Word History

Etymology

Hindi sāras, from Sanskrit sārasa, literally, of a lake, from saras lake, from sarati it runs, flows

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