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Definition of Molossus
1. n. A foot of three long syllables.
Definition of Molossus
1. Noun. (poetry) A metrical foot of three long syllables. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Molossus
1. a metrical foot of three long syllables [n MOLOSSI]
Medical Definition of Molossus
1. A foot of three long syllables. Alternative forms: molosse. Origin: L, fr. Gr, prop, Molossian, belonging to the Molossians, a people in the eastern part of Epirus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Literary usage of Molossus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"f*molossus nigricans Miller. 1885. molossus rufus TRUE, Proc. US Nat. ...
Ranges north to Mexico ant— the Lesser Antilles. *molossus ..."
2. The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to by John Van Denburgh (1922)
"Crotalus molossus Baird & Girard BLACK-TAILED RATTLESNAKE Plates 99 and 106
Crotalus molossus BAIRD & GIRARD, Cat. N. Amer. Kept., Pt. I, Serpents' 1853, ..."
3. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1864)
"... molossus, Kner,Denkschr.Acad. Wiss. Wien. I860. xviii. p. 51. taf. 7. fig.
16. D. 10. A. 46-50. V. 8. Intermaxillary and maxillary with a single series ..."
4. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1904)
"... molossus COPE. By HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN. PLATE X. The noble specimen, of
which a preliminary description is here given, adds another to the many ..."
5. Mammalia: Their Various Orders and Habits Popularly Illustrated by Typical by Louis Figuier, Guillaume Louis Figuier (1870)
"The molossus are animals with a large bead, thick blubber-lips, ... the largest
is the Collared molossus, which inhabits Borneo and the kingdom of Siam, ..."
6. The Families and Genera of Bats by Gerrit Smith Miller (1907)
"114885. x 2. No. the presence of the rudimentary small upper premolar, and of a
second lower in- csor. Genus molossus Geoffroy. 1805. ..."
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