black mollie
noun
variants: or
black mollienisia
Definition of black mollie
-s
: a small jet-black poeciliid fish (Mollienisia sphenops) from Yucatan that is often kept in the tropical aquarium
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Origin and Etymology of black mollie
black mollie by shortening from black mollienisia
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