A large bottle for wine, spirits, etc. that is twice the standard size and usually contains two quarts: The magnum was the quantity of liquor that Mr. Big was trying to consume in the restaurant. © ALL rights are reserved.

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An extinct South American mammal which vaguely resembled a cross between a small elephant, and a very large tapir.

The large hole at the bottom of the cranium or head:

"The foramen magnum is the large opening in the base of the skull through which the spinal cord passes."

"The foramen magnum is situated in the occipital bone which forms part of the base and the back of the skull and this hole allows the brain stem to enter the spinal canal, where it continues as the spinal cord."

1. One of several kinds of large cooking plums: The magnum bonum plum is a unique type of fruit and magnum bonum can also be applied to health foods and a cultivated variety of potato, for example.
2. Etymology: magnum bonum "a great good", "a large good thing"; from classical Latin magnum, neuter singular of magnus, "great" plus bonum, neuter singular of bonus, "good" after classical Latin summum bonum, "highest good", the "chief or supreme good".

With great praise or distinction.

Used especially on a diploma to designate a grade of work higher than cum laude, but lower than summa cum laude.

An artist's, writer's, or composer's greatest individual work: Tom's last novel was his magnum opus and masterpiece!

It is pleasant when safe on the land to watch the great struggle of another out on a swelling sea, amid winds churning the deep. -Lucretius