A "giant squid" refers to a very big and rare type of squid that lives deep in the ocean. It is called "giant" because it can grow to be much larger than other squids, with long tentacles and a large body. Full definition
The genetic uniformity of giant squid across distant oceans hints at a past evolutionary bottleneck, but also at low resiliency toward future crises. (scientificamerican.com)
Sai, sitting on the veranda, was reading an article about giant squid in an old National Geographic. (bookbrowse.com)
The most cutting edge comes from a variety of Berlin galleries such as Olaf Metzel's crumpled aluminium art forum magazine from Wentrup and David Zink Yi's ceramic coated copper and lead giant squid from Johann Konig. (artlyst.com)