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mollies

Variant of molly

noun pl. mollies

any of various brightly colored fishes (genus Poecilia) that are livebearers, often kept in aquariums

also sp. mollie

Origin: short for ModL Mollienisia, after F. N. Mollien (1758-1850), Fr statesman

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