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molossus

The English word “molossus” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A metrical foot of three long syllables.

Etymology

From Latin molossus, from Ancient Greek μολοσσός (molossós), properly "belonging to the Molossians", a people in the eastern part of Epirus.

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