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  • noun A giant monster, such as a hypothetical late descendent of Gigantopithecus.

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Examples

  • After being hit by a gamma ray, Menendez becomes Senator Giganto.

    Beat 360° 5/4/10 2010

  • VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Matt Taibbi: The Real Price of Goldman\'s Giganto-Profits'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Equity underwriting boomed during the period as dozens of banks raised money to strengthen capital and repay Troubled Asset Relief Program funds.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Matt Taibbi: The Real Price of Goldman's Giganto-Profits 2009

  • "Russell Ciochon, a professor at the University of Iowa who has joined several fossil digs in China but was not involved in the Hainan excavation, said the findings expand the known geographic range of nine - to ten-foot (three-meter) Giganto, which he called 'the largest ape that ever existed.'"

    Archive 2007-12-01 2007

  • "Excavated from a limestone cave on the island province of Hainan, the fossils suggest that both the giant pandas and the Giganto apes survived on a mostly bamboo diet, said Huang." ...

    Archive 2007-12-01 2007

  • Can they find the gem before drowning or getting eaten by Giganto?

    Marvel Solicitations for July 2009 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • The full-size replica was built for the museum based on Giganto skeleton specs.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2009

  • Lockjaw and The Pet Avengers: Okay look, I thought Chris Eliopoulos and Ig Guara's miniseries about various Marvel pets hunting down the Infinity Gems and crossing paths with Devil Dinosaur, Giganto, First Dog Bo and Thanos was a lot of fun, and God knows it was gorgeously drawn, but I can't imagine anyone paying $25 for a hardcover version of it.

    Blog@Newsarama 2009

  • Ibuki is the main protagonist, a member of the Giganto race -- named so because his people reside on the back of a creature who goes by the same moniker.

    Destructoid 2008

  • OpEdNews - Quicklink: Matt Taibbi: The Real Price of Goldman's Giganto-Profits

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Matt Taibbi: The Real Price of Goldman's Giganto-Profits 2009

  • Matt Taibbi: The Real Price of Goldman's Giganto-Profits

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Matt Taibbi: The Real Price of Goldman's Giganto-Profits 2009

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