molossus

/M AH0 L AA1 S AH0 S/

noun

1
(poetry) A metrical foot of three long syllables.
2
(Greek mythology) The son of Neoptolemus and Andromache, the eponymous founder of the Molossians.
3
Obsolete form of molasses. [A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (Canada, US) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.]

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