molly

molly
noun
popular aquarium fish
Syn: ↑mollie
Hypernyms: ↑topminnow, ↑poeciliid fish, ↑poeciliid, ↑live-bearer
Member Holonyms: ↑Mollienesia, ↑genus Mollienesia

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