molossus
noun
mo·los·sus
| \ məˈläsəs\
Definition of molossus
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
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