Usually means: Three-syllable foot, all stressed.
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  1. molossus: Merriam-Webster
  2. Molossus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. molossus: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. molossus: Wiktionary
  6. Molossus, molossus: Dictionary.com
  7. Molossus (bat), Molossus (disambiguation), Molossus (dog), Molossus (poetry), Molossus (son of Neoptolemus), Molossus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Molossus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. molossus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Molossus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. molossus: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. molossus: FreeDictionary.org
  13. molossus: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. Molossus: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (poetry) A metrical foot of three long syllables.

Similar:
molosse, dochmius, miurus, monometer, meter, measure, mora, monoseme, semeion, melism, more...

Opposite:
trochee, iamb, anapest

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Similar:
molosse, dochmius, miurus, monometer, meter, measure, mora, monoseme, semeion, melism, more...

Opposite:
trochee, iamb, anapest



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