molly
molly
Definition
molly (mäl′ē)
noun pl. -·lies
any of various brightly colored fishes (genus Poecilia) that are livebearers, often kept in aquariums
Etymology: short for ModL Mollienisia, after F. N. Mollien (1758-1850), Fr statesman
Molly
Definition
Molly (mäl′ē)
noun
a feminine name
molly
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- coddle: Well I see your molly coddled child STILL has the sticking out ears just like you then!
- have: It doesnt attack smaller fish, I currently have mollies and scissor tails that swim around it.
Adjective modifier
- black: More agile species, like flying foxes and black mollies, work rather better.
Modifies a noun
- house: She seems to have run her molly house more for pleasure than for profit.
- subculture: These two men were not part of the molly subculture.
Browse dictionary entries near molly
- Mollweide projection
- mollusk
- molluscoid
- mollusc
- mollify
- mollescent
- mollah
- moll
- Molise
- moline
- Molly Maguires
- mollycoddle
- Molnár
- Moloch
- Molokai
- Molotov
- Molotov cocktail
- molt
- molten
- Moltke
