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# mollie

«mollie» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small, lively freshwater fish often kept in home…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a mollie, mollies — the fish; also molly); name (Mollie — a name)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A mollie, or molly, is a small, lively freshwater fish often kept in home aquariums; the females give birth to live babies instead of laying eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mollie/#m1)

2) Mollie is a girls' name (a name), a pet form of Mary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mollie/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and pet care lessons mollies, like guppies, are livebearers, which makes them interesting for learning about life cycles. In stories Mollie is a girl's name; in «Animal Farm» Mollie is a vain horse. Phrases: «black mollies», «a mollie fish».

### examples

- We have three black mollies in our fish tank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mollie/#x1)
- Mollies give birth to live baby fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mollie/#x2)
- The mollie hid behind the plant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mollie/#x3)
- Mollie is my best friend's name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mollie/#x4)
- In «Animal Farm», Mollie is a horse who loves ribbons and sugar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mollie/#x5)
- Sailfin mollies have a tall fin on their backs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mollie/#x6)

### note

Spelled «molly» or «mollie» for the fish; plural «mollies». Capital «Mollie» for the name. As a name, it says nothing about a real person.

### In the corpora

- [On Mother's Day Mollie's class makes cards.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/518-when-a-parent-has-died/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mollie» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mollie/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.