Main Entry: mol·ly

Variant(s): also mol·lie \ˈmä-lē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural mollies

Etymology: by shortening from New Latin Mollienisia, former genus name, from Comte François North Mollien †1850 French statesman

Date: circa 1933

: any of several brightly colored tropical live-bearers (genus Poecilia) highly valued as aquarium fishes