"Gigantism is an evolutionary survival strategy, especially for herbivorous animals, because size is a form of defense against predators," Apaldetti said.
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Gigantism
//d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪzəm//
Synonyms for "gigantism" (43 found)
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Related words (21)
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18 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- gegantisme noun (quality or state of being gigantic)
- gigantisme noun (quality or state of being gigantic)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 巨人症 noun (condition)
Dutch
1 entries- gigantisme noun (condition)
Finnish
1 entries- giganttisuus noun (quality or state of being gigantic)
French
2 entries- gigantisme noun (quality or state of being gigantic)
- gigantisme noun (condition)
Galician
1 entries- xigantismo noun (quality or state of being gigantic)
German
1 entries- Gigantismus noun (quality or state of being gigantic)
Indonesian
1 entries- gigantisme noun (condition)
Italian
1 entries- gigantismo noun (quality or state of being gigantic)
Latvian
1 entries- gigantisms noun (condition)
Malay
1 entries- kegergasian noun (condition)
Polish
1 entries- gigantyzm noun (quality or state of being gigantic)
Portuguese
1 entries- gigantismo noun (quality or state of being gigantic)
Romanian
1 entries- gigantism noun (quality or state of being gigantic)
Spanish
2 entries- gigantismo noun (quality or state of being gigantic)
- gigantismo noun (condition)
Sample sentences
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He [...] may have had a condition called gigantism that explained his notable height.
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