- The
Codex Gigas ("Giant Book"; Czech: Obří kniha) is the
largest extant medieval illuminated m****cript in the world, at a
length of 92 cm (36 in). It...
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Arapaima gigas, also
known simply as
Arapaima or pirarucu, or paiche, is a
species of
arapaima native to the
basin of the
Amazon River. Once believed...
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Aliger gigas,
originally known as
Strombus gigas or more
recently as
Lobatus gigas,
commonly known as the
queen conch, is a
species of
large sea snail...
- The
giant sea b**** (Stereolepis
gigas) is a fish
native to the
North Pacific Ocean.
Although commonly referred to as a
giant sea b****,
black sea b****...
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symbol G.
Giga- is
derived from the Gr**** word γίγας (
gígas),
meaning "giant". The
Oxford English Dictionary reports the
earliest written use of
giga in this...
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Archispirostreptus gigas at
Wikimedia Commons Data
related to
Archispirostreptus gigas at
Wikispecies Giant African Millipede (Archispirostreptus
gigas),
Point Defiance...
- bit/
s),
often in
conjunction with an SI
prefix such as kilo (1 kbit/
s = 1,000 bit/
s), mega (1 Mbit/
s = 1,000 kbit/
s),
giga (1 Gbit/
s = 1,000 Mbit/
s) or...
- Many
kinds of
molluscs can
produce pearls.
Pearls from the
queen conch,
S.
gigas, are rare and have been collectors'
items since Victorian times. Conch...
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dolphins from
South America. Two
species have been described:
S.
argentinus and
S.
gigas. It has been
suggested that
Saurocetes is a
synonym of the possible...
- The
Humboldt squid (Dosidicus
gigas), also
known as
jumbo squid or
jumbo flying squid (EN), and Pota in Peru or
Jibia in
Chile (ES), is a large, predatory...
