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Giant golden-crowned flying fox
Giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus), or golden-capped fruit bat, a huge Philippine fruit bat with a wingspan over 5 feet, fig-eating, roosting with Pteropus vampyrus, and IUCN Endangered from hunting and deforestation.
Giant Group (bicycle manufacturer)
Giant Group, also known as Giant Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (巨大集团), is a Taiwanese bicycle and electric bicycle manufacturer founded by King Liu in Taichung in 1972.
Giant grouper
Giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus), also Queensland grouper or brindle bass: the largest reef fish of the Indo-Pacific, reaching about 2.7 m and over 400 kg; IUCN Data Deficient, protogynous hermaphrodite, and the parent species of Vietnam's profitable hybrid grouper aquaculture crop.
Giant Haystacks
Giant Haystacks, ring name of Martin Ruane (1946–1998), was a giant English professional wrestler and Big Daddy's villainous tag partner turned arch-rival, peaking in their 1981 Wembley Arena match before a WCW run as Loch Ness.
Giant house spider
Giant house spider (Eratigena atrica, formerly Tegenaria atrica), a large synanthropic Agelenidae funnel-weaver of Europe and the Pacific Northwest; body 12–18 mm, leg span up to 75 mm, harmless, part of a three-species complex with E. duellica and E. saeva.
Giant huntsman spider
Giant huntsman spider (Heteropoda maxima), a cave-dwelling huntsman from Laos described by Peter Jäger in 2001; largest known spider by leg span at up to 30 cm, though lighter than the Goliath birdeater.
Giant isopod
Giant isopods (Bathynomus, giant isopod, supergiant isopod) are deep-sea scavenging crustaceans related to pillbugs, with 23 known species; the largest, Bathynomus giganteus, reaches 50 cm and lives at 310–1,800 m in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.
Giant leopard moth
Giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia, eyed tiger moth), a large white spotted eastern North American tiger moth (Erebidae: Arctiinae), wingspan 5.7–9.1 cm, with black woolly bear larvae that overwinter and tolerate freezing.
Giant Little Ones
Giant Little Ones is a 2018 Canadian coming-of-age drama directed by Keith Behrman, starring Josh Wiggins, Darren Mann, Taylor Hickson, Maria Bello, and Kyle MacLachlan. It premiered at TIFF 2018 and follows two swim-team friends after an incident at a 17th birthday party.
Giant Magellan Telescope
The Giant Magellan Telescope is a 25.4-meter optical and infrared telescope under construction at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert, with seven 8.4-meter mirrors.
Giant magnetoresistance
Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) is a large change in electrical resistance when a magnetic field aligns nanoscale ferromagnetic layers, discovered independently in 1988 by Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg.
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope
The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) is a radio interferometric array of thirty 45-meter dishes near Pune, India, proposed by Govind Swarup and operational since 1995.
Giant monopole resonance
The giant monopole resonance (GMR), or breathing mode, is a nuclear vibration in which protons and neutrons oscillate in phase, and its energy reveals nuclear incompressibility.
Giant Network Group
Giant Network Group is a Shanghai-based Chinese online game developer founded by Shi Yuzhu, known for the free-to-play game Zhengtu and its 2007 NYSE listing.
Giant oarfish
The giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne), also called king of herrings, is a deep-sea ribbon-shaped fish, the longest bony fish alive, documented to 8 m (26 ft) and found worldwide.
Giant oceanic manta ray
Giant oceanic manta ray (Mobula birostris), world's largest ray, up to 700 cm disc width, circumglobal; Endangered IUCN 2020; filter-feeds on zooplankton via cephalic lobes; one pup every 4-5 years; distinct from reef manta M. alfredi.
Giant Ojō-sama
Giant Ojō-sama (ジャイアントお嬢様) is a gag manga by Nikumura Q serialized on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry since July 2021, about heiress Oriko Fujidou who grows 40 meters via a giantification drink to defend her city; a Tatsunoko Production anime premieres January 2027.
Giant otter
Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), also ariranha or river wolf: the largest otter species, up to 170 cm, endemic to South America, Endangered on the IUCN Red List, living in monogamous family groups and eating almost exclusively fish.
Giant Pacific octopus
Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini), the world's largest octopus, of the North Pacific from Korea and Japan to Mexico; 3-5 year lifespan, 2,240 suckers, up to 100,000 eggs, not IUCN-listed.
Giant Palouse earthworm
The giant Palouse earthworm (Driloleirus americanus), also called the Palouse earthworm, is a rare, large pale earthworm native to the Palouse region of Washington and Idaho.
Giant panda (大熊猫)
The giant panda (大熊猫) is a black-and-white bear of south central China, eating 70–100 pounds of bamboo daily, with a wild population near 1,900 and IUCN status vulnerable.
Giant papillary conjunctivitis
Giant papillary conjunctivitis (GPC), also called contact lens-associated papillary conjunctivitis (CLAPC), is an inflammation of the upper tarsal conjunctiva with giant papillae, mainly in contact lens wearers, causing itching, mucus, and lens intolerance.
Giant planet
A giant planet, or Jovian planet, is a massive planet made mainly of gases and fluids with no solid surface, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Giant platelet disorder
Giant platelet disorder, also called macrothrombocytopenia: inherited platelet disorders with abnormally large platelets and low counts, chiefly Bernard-Soulier syndrome (GPIb-V-IX defect, autosomal recessive) and MYH9-related disorders (MYH9 gene, autosomal dominant).
Giant quantum dots
Giant-shell quantum dots (gQDs, also written g-CSQD) are colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals with a light-emitting core under a very thick shell, typically over 10 monolayers, which suppresses blinking and photobleaching.
Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (ジャイアントロボ THE ANIMATION 地球が静止する日) is a seven-episode 1992-1998 mecha OVA directed by Yasuhiro Imagawa, adapting Mitsuteru Yokoyama's 1967 tokusatsu series with a crossover of his manga characters over the Shizuma Drive conflict.
Giant salamander
Giant salamanders (Cryptobranchidae): Chinese Andrias spp., Japanese Andrias japonicus, and North American hellbenders; the largest living amphibians, skin-breathing, Jurassic-origin, threatened river salamanders.
Giant Schnauzer
Giant Schnauzer (Riesenschnauzer, formerly Munich Schnauzer): largest of the three Schnauzer breeds, a German cattle-driving and guard dog from Bavaria, AKC-recognized 1930, 25.5-27.5 in males, first of its breed to win Westminster Best in Show (Monty, 2025).
Giant Sea Wall Jakarta
The Giant Sea Wall Jakarta (Tanggul Laut Raksasa) is a proposed seawall closing Jakarta Bay to protect Indonesia's sinking capital from coastal flooding and rising seas.
Giant Silva
Giant Silva (Paulo César da Silva, born 1963) is a 7'2", 385 lb Brazilian ex-Olympic basketball player turned pro wrestler (WWF Oddities, NJPW Club 7) and MMA fighter with a 2-6 record in PRIDE and K-1.