Siberian crane

noun

A large white crane, Grus leucogeranus, which breeds in Arctic Russia and western Siberia.

Similar
Siberian white cranesnow crane
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Meanings

nounSiberian crane (plural Siberian cranes)

plural Siberian cranes

  1. biologyA large white crane, Grus leucogeranus, which breeds in Arctic Russia and western Siberia.

    Baby Siberian cranes learning to fly rose briefly against the sky.

    2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 870

    Synonyms: Siberian white crane, snow crane

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA large white crane, Grus leucogeranus, which breeds in Arctic Russia and western Siberia.

Similar
Siberian white cranesnow crane

Translations

Bengali সাইবেরিয়ান সারস
  • সাইবেরিয়ান সারস (śaiberiẏan śaroś)Grus leucogeranus
Catalan grua siberiana
  • grua siberianaGrus leucogeranus
Chinese Cantonese 白鶴 /白鹤
  • 白鶴 /白鹤Grus leucogeranus
Chinese Mandarin 白鶴 /白鹤
  • 白鶴 /白鹤 (báihè)Grus leucogeranus
Dutch Siberische witte kraanvogel
  • Siberische witte kraanvogelGrus leucogeranus
Finnish lumikurki
  • lumikurkiGrus leucogeranus
French grue de Sibérie
  • grue de SibérieGrus leucogeranus
German Nonnenkranich
  • NonnenkranichGrus leucogeranus
Hungarian hódaru
  • hódaruGrus leucogeranus
Italian gru siberiana
  • gru siberianaGrus leucogeranus
Korean 시베리아흰두루미
  • 시베리아흰두루미 (siberiahuindurumi)Grus leucogeranus
Latvian baltā dzērve, Sibīrijas dzērve
  • baltā dzērveGrus leucogeranus
  • Sibīrijas dzērveGrus leucogeranus
Polish żuraw biały, żuraw syberyjski
  • żuraw białyGrus leucogeranus
  • żuraw syberyjskiGrus leucogeranus
  • żuraw śnieżnyGrus leucogeranus
Russian стерх, бе́лый жура́вль
  • стерх (sterx)Grus leucogeranus
  • бе́лый жура́вль (bélyj žurávlʹ)Grus leucogeranus
Ukrainian стерх, журавель білий
  • стерх (sterx)Grus leucogeranus
  • журавель білий (žuravelʹ bilyj)Grus leucogeranus
Cite this entry
APA

Siberian crane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Siberian%20crane

MLA

“Siberian crane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Siberian%20crane. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Siberian crane,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Siberian%20crane.

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