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Megalobatrachus
(gcide) | Megalobatrachus \Megalobatrachus\ prop. n.
A genus of giant salamanders; in some classifications
included in the genus Cryptobranchus.
Syn: genus Megalobatrachus.
[WordNet 1.5] Megalocephalia |
megalobatrachus
(wn) | Megalobatrachus
n 1: giant salamanders; in some classifications included in the
genus Cryptobranchus [syn: Megalobatrachus, {genus
Megalobatrachus}] |
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Megalobatrachus
(gcide) | Megalobatrachus \Megalobatrachus\ prop. n.
A genus of giant salamanders; in some classifications
included in the genus Cryptobranchus.
Syn: genus Megalobatrachus.
[WordNet 1.5] Megalocephalia |
Megalobatrachus maximus
(gcide) | Giant \Gi"ant\, a.
Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as,
giant brothers; a giant son.
[1913 Webster]
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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genus megalobatrachus
(wn) | genus Megalobatrachus
n 1: giant salamanders; in some classifications included in the
genus Cryptobranchus [syn: Megalobatrachus, {genus
Megalobatrachus}] |
megalobatrachus maximus
(wn) | Megalobatrachus maximus
n 1: large (up to more than three feet) edible salamander of
Asia [syn: giant salamander, Megalobatrachus maximus] |
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