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mollie
mollify
mollisol
mollusc
molluscicide
molluscum contagiosum
mollusk
Mollweide projection
molly
molly-dooker
Molly Maguire
mollycoddle
mollymawk
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molly

mol·ly [ móllee ] (plural mol·lies) or mol·lie [ móllee ] (plural mol·lies)


noun 
Definition:
 
aquarium fish: a fish that bears live young and is often kept in aquariums. Native to: Central and South America.  Genera Poecilia, Mollienesia.

[Mid-20th century. Shortening of modern Latin Mollienisia, after Count F. N. Mollien (1758-1850), French statesman]
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