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MOLLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does molly mean?
• MOLLY (noun)
The noun MOLLY has 1 sense:
1. popular aquarium fish
Familiarity information: MOLLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Popular aquarium fish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
mollie; molly
Hypernyms ("molly" is a kind of...):
live-bearer; poeciliid; poeciliid fish; topminnow (small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control)
Holonyms ("molly" is a member of...):
genus Mollienesia; Mollienesia (mollies)
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