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Goliath(dictionary)
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goliath beetle(medicine)

Goliath (iou)



Goliath noun. Also goliath. L16.
[ecclesiastical Latin = Hebrew golya the giant slain by David (1 Samuel 17).]
A giant. Freq. with allusion to the biblical story of David and Goliath. L16.
More fully Goliath beetle. Any of several very large arboreal scarabaeid beetles constituting the tropical genus Goliathus, up to 20 cm (8 inches) in length. E19.
More fully Goliath crane. A kind of powerful travelling crane. L19.
Comb.: Goliath beetle: see sense 2 above; Goliath crane: see sense 3 above; Goliath frog a giant frog, Rana goliath, of west central Africa; Goliath heron a very large reddish-brown and grey heron, Ardea goliath, of African coastal and inland water margins.