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Giant \Gi"ant\, a.
Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as,
giant brothers; a giant son.
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{Giant cell}. (Anat.) See {Myeloplax}.

{Giant clam} (Zool.), 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.

{Giant heron} (Zool.), a very large African heron ({Ardeomega
goliath}). It is the largest heron known.

{Giant kettle}, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found
in Norway in connection with glaciers. See {Pothole}.

{Giant powder}. See {Nitroglycerin}.

{Giant puffball} (Bot.), a fungus ({Lycoperdon giganteum}),
edible when young, and when dried used for stanching
wounds.

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

{Giant squid} (Zool.), one of several species of very large
squids, belonging to {Architeuthis} and allied genera.
Some are over forty feet long.
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Giant \Gi"ant\, n. [OE. giant, geant, geaunt, OF. jaiant, geant,
F. g['e]ant, L. gigas, fr. Gr. ?, ?, from the root of E.
gender, genesis. See {Gender}, and cf. {Gigantic}.]
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1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.
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Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise. --Milton.
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2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or
intellectual.
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3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or
power.
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{Giant's Causeway}, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in
the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.
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