Battle of the Marne Belleau Wood Chateau-Thierry Marne River | a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in |
Granicus Battle of Granicus River | the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians ( BC) |
Metaurus River | a battle during the second Punic War ( BC), Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal was defeated by the Romans which ended Hannibal's hopes for success in Italy |
Meuse Meuse River Argonne Argonne Forest Meuse-Argonne Meuse-Argonne operation | an American operation in World War I (), American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November |
Somme Somme River Battle of the Somme | battle in World War I () |
Somme Somme River Battle of the Somme | battle of World War II () |
Yalu River | a battle in the Korean War (November ), when UN troops advanced north to the Yalu River , Chinese troops crossed the river and drove them back |
giant | any creature of exceptional size |
giant moa Dinornis giganteus | the largest moa, about feet high |
giant salamander Megalobatrachus maximus | large (up to more than three feet) edible salamander of Asia |
Pacific giant salamander Dicamptodon ensatus | large (to inches) salamander of western North America |
cooter river cooter Pseudemys concinna | large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico |
giant tortoise | very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands |
Komodo dragon Komodo lizard dragon lizard giant lizard Varanus komodoensis | the largest lizard in the world ( feet), found on Indonesian islands |
giant kangaroo great grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus | very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas |
otter shrew potamogale Potamogale velox | amphibious African insectivorous mammal that resembles an otter |
giant conch Strombus gigas | a large variety of conch |
river limpet freshwater limpet Ancylus fluviatilis | minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants |
giant clam Tridacna gigas | a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to pounds |
sea scallop giant scallop Pecten magellanicus | a large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North America |
giant northwest shipworm Bankia setaceae | giant shipworm of the Pacific coast of North America |
architeuthis giant squid | largest mollusk known about but never seen (tofeet long) |
giant crab Macrocheira kaempferi | very large deep-water Japanese crab |
longlawed prawn river prawn Palaemon australis | large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers |
giant petrel giant fulmar Macronectes giganteus | large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas |
river dolphin | any of several long-snouted usually freshwater dolphins of South America and southern Asia |
otterhound otter hound | hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat, bred for hunting otters |
giant schnauzer | a large schnauzer |
giant hornet Vespa crabro | European hornet introduced into the United States |
giant cockroach | large tropical American cockroaches |
giant water bug | large water bug with piercing and sucking mouthparts, feeds on young fishes |
giant silkworm moth silkworm moth | any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae |
silkworm giant silkworm wild wilkworm | larva of a saturniid moth, spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon |
hippopotamus hippo river horse Hippopotamus amphibius | massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa |
giant eland Taurotragus derbianus | large dark striped eland of western equatorial Africa |
otter | freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur |
river otter Lutra canadensis | sociable aquatic animal widely distributed along streams and lake borders in North America |
Eurasian otter Lutra lutra | otter found in Europe and Asia |
sea otter Enhydra lutris | large marine otter of northern Pacific coasts having very thick dark brown fur |
giant armadillo tatou tatu Priodontes giganteus | about three feet long exclusive of tail |
ant bear giant anteater great anteater tamanoir Myrmecophaga jubata | large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws, of South America |
giant panda panda panda bear coon bear Ailuropoda melanoleuca | large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet, in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae |
river shad Alosa chrysocloris | shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage, very similar to Alosa sapidissima |
Australian arowana Dawson River salmon saratoga spotted barramundi spotted bonytongue Scleropages leichardti | a species of large fish found in Australian rivers |
barramundi giant perch giant seaperch Asian seabass white seabass Lates calcarifer | a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities, lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats |
pigfish giant pigfish Achoerodus gouldii | found around the Great Barrier Reef |
New River Gorge Bridge | a steel arch bridge across New River at Fayetteville, West Virginia |
river boat | a boat used on rivers or to ply a river |
anchovy pear river pear | West Indian fruit resembling the mango, often pickled |
river prawn | large Australian prawn |