Co-lŏs'sus, n.

n.; Lat. pl. CO-LŎS'SĪ; Eng. pl. CO-LŎS'SUS-ES. [Lat. colossus, Gr. κολοσσός.] A gigantic statue; especially that at Rhodes, which stood at the entrance of the harbor.

He doth bestride the narrow world Like a colossus. Shak.

☞ There is no authority for the statement that its legs extended over the mouth of the harbor. Dr. Wm. Smith.