məˈläsəs noun
Etymology: Latin, from Greek molossos, from Molossos Molossian
1. plural molos·si -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