Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun [lowercase; pl. molossi (-ī).] In classical pros., a foot of three long syllables.
- noun In mammalogy, the typical and leading genus of Molossinæ.
- noun In conchology, a genus of mollusks.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A foot of three long syllables.
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- noun poetry A
metrical foot ofthree long syllables .
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Examples
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There are only two species of native bats on San Andrés Island, Artibeus jamaicensis and Molossus molossus.
Cayos Miskitos-San Andrés and Providencia moist forests 2007
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Bufoides and Glyphoglossus comprise single species: the Khasi Hills toad (B. meghalayanus, EN) is known from only a few sites in northeastern India, while the last-mentioned (G. molossus) is localized but widespread in the hotspot.
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The first three words are an example of three-syllable foot with three stresses, known as a molossus.
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The first three words are an example of three-syllable foot with three stresses, known as a molossus.
Good Poems for High School Students (and Maybe for Yourself, Too) « One-Minute Book Reviews 2008
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For your _molossus_, of all three long, ye haue a member of wordes also and specially most of your participles actiue, as
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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Mr. Fabian kneeled like a dactyle: Mr. Jeremiah kneeled like a spondee, or rather like a molossus.
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Thomas De Quincey 1822
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M. molossus direct detection distance of a single 3. 5-7 mm insect is estimated to be
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Dina K. N. Dechmann et al. 2010
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Molossus molossus during their entire nocturnal foraging periods and assessed the percentage of time spent foraging in groups.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Dina K. N. Dechmann et al. 2010
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Molossus molossus, benefits from group foraging may have been an important driving force for the evolution of stable social groups.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Dina K. N. Dechmann et al. 2010
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M. molossus should profit from group hunting particularly strongly as their constant-frequency echolocation calls can travel over a long distance, increasing the area that can be covered but are not well suited for accurate prey localization.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Dina K. N. Dechmann et al. 2010
bluemartian commented on the word molossus
A Molossus is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. It consists of three long syllables. In English poetry, syllables are usually categorized as being either stressed or unstressed, rather than long or short.
For example, the first line of the following verse is a molossus:
Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!
And I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
from Wikipedia
September 24, 2007
colleen commented on the word molossus
and a molosser is my dog!
September 24, 2007
vanishedone commented on the word molossus
I'm mildly disappointed to find this isn't a colossus made of molasses.
October 28, 2008
reesetee commented on the word molossus
Sticky.
October 28, 2008