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 I.  noun 
 Etymology: Middle English giaunt, from Anglo-French geant, from Latin gigant-, gigas, from Greek
 Date: 14th century
 a legendary humanlike being of great stature and strength, 
 
 2. a living being of great size, a person of extraordinary powers, something unusually large or powerful, giantlike  adjective 
 
 II.  adjective 
 Date: 15th century
 having extremely large size, proportion, or power

 giant anteater 
  noun 
 Date: 1940
 a large bushy-tailed anteater ( Myrmecophaga tridactyla ) of Central and South America

 giant cactus 
  noun 
 Date: circa 1884
  saguaro  

 giant clam 
  noun 
 Date: circa 1889
 a very large clam ( Tridacna gigas ) found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific oceans that sometimes weighs more than 500 pounds (227 kilograms)

 giant panda 
  noun 
 Date: 1920
  panda  2

 giant reed 
  noun 
 Date: 1851
 a tall perennial grass ( Arundo donax ) native to Mediterranean regions that has woody stems used especially in making baskets, shelters, and reeds for woodwind instruments

 giant schnauzer 
  noun 
 Date: circa 1934
 any of a breed of powerful heavyset schnauzers that attain a height of 23 1/2 to 27 1/2 inches (60 to 70 centimeters)

 giant sequoia 
  noun 
 Date: circa 1931
 an evergreen tree ( Sequoiadendron giganteum) of the bald cypress family that grows on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range and sometimes exceeds 270 feet (about 82 meters) in height

 giant slalom 
  noun 
 Date: 1952
 a slalom race for skiers on a longer and steeper course than that used for the regular slalom

 giant squid 
  noun 
 Date: circa 1890
 any of a genus ( Architeuthis ) of extremely large squids that may attain a length of 60 feet (18 meters) and include the largest mollusks known

 giant star 
  noun 
 Date: 1912
 a star of great luminosity and of large mass

 giant tortoise 
  noun 
 Date: circa 1909
 any of various large long-lived herbivorous land tortoises (genus  Geochelone ) formerly common on the islands of the western Indian Ocean and on the Galápagos Islands

 giant water bug 
  noun 
 Date: 1901
 any of a family (Belostomatidae and especially genus  Lethocerus ) of very large predatory aquatic bugs capable of inflicting a painful bite