giant powder

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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