English Dictionary

Molossian

noun

A member of the ancient Epirote ethnos which Olympias came from. / A breed of large dog of classical antiquity native to Epirus, resembling a mastiff and used as a hunting dog and guard dog.

The Molossian is a large breed of dog.

意味（1）

A member of the ancient Epirote ethnos which Olympias came from.

意味（2）

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.