| HERCULESBEETLES | Largest members of the largest insect order |
| ELK | One of the largest members of the deer family. (3) |
| BAMBOO | The largest members of the grass family are kinds of ____ |
| DOG | Wolves are the largest members of the ___ family |
| PUMAS | These animals are the largest members of the cat family in North America |
| ORCAS | Largest members of the oceanic dolphin family |
| KILLERWHALE | Also called an orca, the largest member of the dolphin family; one of the fastest marine mammals (6,5) |
| PEAFOWL | Often kept on the grounds of a country estate and known collectively as a muster, ostentation or a pride, the largest member of the pheasant family (7) |
| KOMODODRAGON | National animal of Indonesia, the largest member of the suborder Lacertilia |
| GERMANIC | Typical of the largest member of the EU and its people (8) |
| TIGER | Largest member of the cat family (Felidae). It is endangered throughout its range, which stretches from the Russian Far East through parts of North Korea, China, India, and Southeast Asia to Sumatra. |
| MUSKIE | This is the largest member of the pike family of freshwater fish |
| ORCA | Ocean mammal also called a killer whale; the largest member of the dolphin family (4) |
| KILLER | This whale, the largest member of the dolphin family, is jet black on top and pure white below with a white patch behind each eye. (6) |
| BASSIST | A musician who plays the largest member of the violin family (7) |
| GENTOO | Third-largest member of the penguin family, found on the Falklands and other subantarctic islands; Pygoscelis papua (6) |
| THIGHBONE | Largest member of the human skeleton |
| RAVEN | Largest member of the crow family (5) |
| HORNET | Largest member of the wasp family (6) |
| JERSEY | Largest member of the Channel Islands (6) |