Definition of Mollienesia

1. Noun. Mollies.

Exact synonyms: Genus Mollienesia
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Poeciliidae, Poeciliidae
Member holonyms: Mollie, Molly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mollienesia

Molieresque
Molina
Molineux
Molinism
Molinist
Molinists
Molisch's reagent
Molisch's test
Molisch reaction
Molisch test
Molise
Moll's glands
Mollah
Mollaret's meningitis
Mollie
Mollienesia (current term)
Molluga
Molluga verticillata
Molly Maguire
Molly Maguires
Molly Miller
Molly Pitcher
Molnar
Moloc
Moloch
Moloch horridus
Molock
Molok
Molokai

Literary usage of Mollienesia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1866)
"Rio San Juan (Province of New Leon.) 17. Mollienesia. ... The species may be subdivided thus:— a. Caudal of both sexes alike: Mollienesia, p. ..."

2. Reportby Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, John Minton Westgate by Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, John Minton Westgate (1907)
"The genera which I would recommend are Mollienesia, Adi ma, Gambusia, ... However, Mollienesia, Fundulus, and Gambusia differed slightly in regard to their ..."

3. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the (1878)
"Mollienesia latipinna Le S. Florida to Texas. 480. Mollienesia lineolata Grd. Texas, (rf. s.) 487. Mollienesia formosa (Grd.) Gthr. Mexico. 488. ..."

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