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Drummer :: Drummer (n.) A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call..

Fulmar :: Fulmar (n.) One of several species of sea birds, of the family procellariidae, allied to the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) (called also fulmar petrel, malduck, and mollemock), and the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea)..

Gig :: Gig (n.) A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise..

Clam :: Clam (v. t.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve..

Gigeria :: Gigeria (pl. ) of Gigeriu.

Nereocystis :: Nereocystis (n.) A genus of gigantic seaweeds.

Wellingtonia :: Wellingtonia (n.) A name given to the big trees (Sequoia gigantea) of California, and still used in England. See Sequoia..

Gigantology :: Gigantology (n.) An account or description of giants.

Gigot :: Gigot (n.) Alt. of Giggo.

Architeuthis :: Architeuthis (n.) A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand..

Gigantesque :: Gigantesque (a.) Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.

Fishgig :: Fishgig (n.) A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish.

Gigantic :: Gigantic (a.) Of extraordinary size; like a giant.

Argus :: Argus (n.) A genus of East Indian pheasants. The common species (A. giganteus) is remarkable for the great length and beauty of the wing and tail feathers of the male. The species A. Grayi inhabits Borneo.

Apteryx :: Apteryx (n.) A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known..

Lancewood :: Lancewood (n.) A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseae)..

Gigantean :: Gigantean (a.) Like a giant; mighty; gigantic.

Aepyornis :: Aepyornis (n.) A gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar.

Baobab :: Baobab (n.) A gigantic African tree (Adansonia digitata), also naturalized in India. See Adansonia..

Limpkin :: Limpkin (n.) Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species (A. giganteus) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (A. scolopaceus) is found in South America. Called also courlan, and crying bird..

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