grus

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An accumulation of angular, coarse-grained fragments (particles of sand and gravel) resulting from the chemical and mechanical weathering of crystalline rocks.

Similar words

genus grus mexicana cinerea americana antigone canadensis gritstone gravel greisen gritrock

Often followed by

canadensis americana grus antigone og leucogeranus japonensis and nigricollis