Molossian
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
- A member of the ancient Epirote ethnos which Olympias came from.
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A breed of large dog of classical antiquity native to Epirus, resembling a mastiff and used as a hunting dog and guard dog.
— But meanwhile a new grating was opened, and into the arena rushed, with mad speed and barking, whole packs of dogs,—gigantic, yellow Molossians from the Peloponnesus, pied dogs from the Pyrenees, and wolf-like hounds from Hibernia, purposely famished; their sides were lank, and their eyes bloodshot.
形容词 adj.
- Of or relating to Molossia or Molossians.
词源
词源 1
From Molossia + -n.
词源 2
From Molossia + -n.
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