giant : Idioms & Phrases

• noun any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter)
  Jovian planet.
  

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• noun large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
  ant bear; tamanoir; Myrmecophaga jubata; great anteater.
  

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• noun about three feet long exclusive of tail
  tatu; tatou; Priodontes giganteus.
  

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• noun immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks
  Dendrocalamus giganteus; kyo-chiku.
  

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• noun spectacular perennial native of wet montane grasslands of Peru; formerly included in genus Ranunculus
  Laccopetalum giganteum.
  

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• noun tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets
  Arundinaria gigantea; cane reed.
  

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• . (Anat.) See Myeloplax.

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• noun small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath; bears edible nuts
  Chrysolepis chrysophylla; Castanopsis chrysophylla; golden chinkapin; Castanea chrysophylla.
  

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• noun a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds
  Tridacna gigas.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a bivalve shell of the genus Tridacna, esp. T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water.

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• noun large tropical American cockroaches
  

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• noun a large variety of conch
  Strombus gigas.
  

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• noun large treelike shrub having feathery leaves and clusters of large yellow flower heads; coastal southern California
  Coreopsis gigantea.
  

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• noun very large deep-water Japanese crab
  Macrocheira kaempferi.
  

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• noun large dark striped eland of western equatorial Africa
  Taurotragus derbianus.
  

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• noun highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall
  angiopteris; Angiopteris evecta.
  

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• noun lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves
  lowland white fir; Abies grandis; lowland fir; grand fir.
  

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• noun two species of coarse annual foxtails that are naturalized weeds in United States
  

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• noun large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas
  giant fulmar; Macronectes giganteus.
  

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• noun European leek cultivated and used like leeks
  sand leek; Spanish garlic; Allium scorodoprasum; rocambole.
  

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• noun tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit
  Passiflora quadrangularis; granadilla.
  

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• noun orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
  chatterbox; stream orchid; Epipactis gigantea.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a very large African heron (Ardeomega goliath). It is the largest heron known.

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• noun recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs
  Quincke's edema; periodic edema; atrophedema; angioedema.
  

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• noun European hornet introduced into the United States
  Vespa crabro.
  

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• noun any of a number of aromatic plants of the genus Agastache
  

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• noun very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas
  Macropus giganteus; great grey kangaroo.
  

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• a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole.

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• noun the largest lizard in the world (10 feet); found on Indonesian islands
  Komodo dragon; Varanus komodoensis; Komodo lizard; dragon lizard.
  

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• noun the largest moa; about 12 feet high
  Dinornis giganteus.
  

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• noun giant shipworm of the Pacific coast of North America
  Bankia setaceae.
  

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• noun 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
  Ailuropoda melanoleuca; panda bear; panda; coon bear.
  

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• noun a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats
  Lates calcarifer; Asian seabass; barramundi; giant perch; white seabass.
  

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• noun large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas
  giant fulmar; Macronectes giganteus.
  

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• noun found around the Great Barrier Reef
  pigfish; Achoerodus gouldii.
  

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• noun vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers
  Solanum wendlandii; potato vine.
  

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• . See Nitroglycerin.

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• noun huge edible puffball up to 2 feet diameter and 25 pounds in weight
  Calvatia gigantea.
  

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• (Bot.), a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds.

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• noun wildflower of western North America having ragged clusters of crimson or scarlet flowers
  Castilleja miniata.
  

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• noun large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large grey-white feathery panicles
  Arundo donax.
  

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• noun stout perennial grass of western North America
  Elymus condensatus; Leymus condensatus.
  

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• noun large (up to more than three feet) edible salamander of Asia
  Megalobatrachus maximus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a very large aquatic salamander (Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long.

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• noun a large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North America
  Pecten magellanicus; sea scallop.
  

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• noun a large schnauzer
  

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• noun large scrambling fern forming large patches to 18 feet high; Pacific region and China
  Diplopterygium longissimum.
  

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• noun a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats
  Lates calcarifer; Asian seabass; barramundi; giant perch; white seabass.
  

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• noun extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism
  Sequoia gigantea; Sierra redwood; big tree; Sequoiadendron giganteum; Sequoia Wellingtonia.
  

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• noun larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
  wild wilkworm; silkworm.
  

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• noun any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae
  silkworm moth.
  

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• noun largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long)
  architeuthis.
  

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• (Zoöl.), one of several species of very large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long.

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• noun a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)
  giant.
  

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• noun perennial grass having stems 3 to 4 feet high; used especially in Africa and India for pasture and hay
  Cynodon plectostachyum.
  

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• noun annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage
  wonder bean; jack bean; Canavalia ensiformis.
  

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• noun very tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots
  tall sunflower; Helianthus giganteus; Indian potato.
  

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• noun 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
  Alocasia macrorrhiza.
  

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• noun large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere
  Phyllostachys bambusoides; madake; ku-chiku.
  

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• noun very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands
  

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• noun large water bug with piercing and sucking mouthparts; feeds on young fishes
  

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• noun tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant
  wickup; rosebay willowherb; Epilobium angustifolium; fireweed.
  

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• a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.

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• noun 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 (1813-1861)
  Stephen Arnold Douglas; Stephen A. Douglas; Douglas.
  

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• noun large (to 7 inches) salamander of western North America
  Dicamptodon ensatus.
  

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• noun a large, old, luminous star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun
  red giant.
  

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• noun a large, old, luminous star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun
  red giant.
  

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• noun erect perennial with stout stems and yellow-green flowers; southern Canada and southeastern United States
  Agastache nepetoides.
  

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