molossus

noun

mo·​los·​sus

məˈläsəs

1

plural molossi

-äˌsī

, classical prosody : a foot of three long syllables

2

capitalized [New Latin, from Latin, Molossian, from Greek (kyōn) Molossos, literally, Molossian dog] : a genus of mastiff bats that is the type of the family Molossidae

Word History

Etymology

Latin, from Greek molossos, from Molossos Molossian

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