blue crane, noun phrase
The blue-grey crane Anthropoides paradisea of the Gruidae; indwe sense 1; Stanley crane.
- Note:
- The national bird of South Africa. Also occasionally called paradise crane.
1801 J. Barrow Trav. I. 256These [nests] were judged to be at least sufficiently large..for the large blue cranes that sat by the river’s side near them.
1994 D. Allan in Afr. Wildlife Vol.48 No.4, 8The International Red Data Book is being revised...The draft of this revision includes the Blue Crane as a ‘globally threatened species’.
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