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O. giganteus

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O. giganteus may refer to:

  • Octopus giganteus or Otoctopus giganteus, the St. Augustine monster, the name given to a large unidentified carcass, originally postulated to be the remains of a gigantic octopus
  • Ornithocheirus giganteus, a pterosaur reptile species from the Cretaceous period of Europe and South America

Synonyms

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  • Ommastrephes giganteus, a synonym for Dosidicus gigas, the Humboldt squid or Jumbo Squid, a large predatory squid species found in the waters of the Humboldt Current in the Eastern Pacific Ocean