giant | any creature of exceptional size |
giant moa Dinornis giganteus | the largest moa, about feet high |
white-bellied swallow tree swallow Iridoprocne bicolor | bluish-green-and-white North American swallow, nests in tree cavities |
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 |
fire-bellied toad Bombina bombina | toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches mixed with black on its underside |
red-bellied terrapin red-bellied turtle redbelly Pseudemys rubriventris | freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell |
slider yellow-bellied terrapin Pseudemys scripta | freshwater turtle of United States and South America, frequently raised commercially, some young sold as pets |
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 |
red-bellied snake Storeria occipitamaculata | harmless woodland snake of southeastern United States |
kingfisher | nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill, usually crested and brightolored, feed mostly on fish |
Eurasian kingfisher Alcedo atthis | small kingfisher with greenish-blue and orange plumage |
belted kingfisher Ceryle alcyon | greyish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest |
yellow-bellied sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius | eastern North American sapsucker having a pale yellow abdomen |
giant kangaroo great grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus | very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas |
giant conch Strombus gigas | a large variety of conch |
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 |
giant petrel giant fulmar Macronectes giganteus | large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas |
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 |
giant eland Taurotragus derbianus | large dark striped eland of western equatorial Africa |
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 |
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 |
giant | an unusually large enterprise, Walton built a retail giant |
giant star giant | a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun) |
Jovian planet gas giant | any of the four outermost planets in the solar system, much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter) |
red giant red giant star | a large, old, luminous star, has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun |
giant | an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength, appears in folklore and fairy tales |
colossus behemoth giant heavyweight titan | a person of exceptional importance and reputation |
giant goliath behemoth monster colossus | someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful |
giant hulk heavyweight whale | a very large person, impressive in size or qualities |
Douglas Stephen A. Douglas Stephen Arnold Douglas Little Giant | United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery, he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (-) |
lowland fir lowland white fir giant fir grand fir Abies grandis | lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves |
giant sequoia big tree Sierra redwood Sequoiadendron giganteum Sequoia gigantea Sequoia Wellingtonia | extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California, largest living organism |
giant buttercup Laccopetalum giganteum | spectacular perennial native of wet montane grasslands of Peru, formerly included in genus Ranunculus |
giant taro Alocasia macrorrhiza | large evergreen with extremely large erect or spreading leaves, cultivated widely in tropics for its edible rhizome and shoots, used in wet warm regions as a stately ornamental |
giant coreopsis Coreopsis gigantea | large treelike shrub having feathery leaves and clusters of large yellow flower heads, coastal southern California |
kingfisher daisy Felicia bergeriana | softly hairy South African herb having flowers with bright blue rays |