Dolly
Short for Dorothy
Dolly is a given name, often a nickname for Dorothy or Dolores.
The most famous bearer may be Dolly Parton, the country music singer, or Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell in 1996. (Lowercase dolly is a wheeled platform or a child's word for doll.)
Woolly farm animal
- cloningMaking identical copies
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- biotechnologyEngineering using living systems
- ScotlandNorthern British nation
somatic · nucleus · cell · DNA · genome · replication · laboratory · bioethics
Vocal music performer
- songwriterOne who composes music
- TennesseeSixteenth state admitted
- rhinestoneImitation gem of glass
- blondeFair-haired person
wig · busty · philanthropist · actress · musical · Broadway · Dolores · nickname
sheep
Woolly farm animal
- cloningMaking identical copies
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- biotechnologyEngineering using living systems
Scotland · somatic · nucleus · cell · DNA · genome · replication · laboratory · bioethics · transgenic
singer
Vocal music performer
- songwriterOne who composes music
- TennesseeSixteenth state admitted
- rhinestoneImitation gem of glass
blonde · wig · busty · philanthropist · actress · musical · Broadway · Dolores · nickname
- hurricaneshurricane, tropical cyclone, Andrew, Katrina, eyewall
- nicknamesnickname, pet name, alias, handle, moniker
- Toy StoryWoody, Buzz Lightyear, Rex, Slinky Dog, Mr. Potato Head
- youth magazinesRanger Rick, Teen Vogue, Spider, Muse, Jack and Jill
- Russian LiteratureTolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Pushkin, Nabokov
- pet namessweetheart, darling, Buddy, honey, Max
Dollysexual reproduction
Two-parent genetic combination
natural conception · genetic diversity · spontaneous generation · wild-type · natural birth
DollyLeonard Cohen
Canadian singer-songwriter, poet
Johnny Cash · minimalist · austere · understated · somber
- Dolly Parton
- dollhouse furnitureTiny replica home items
- Dolly the sheepFirst cloned adult mammal
- Victorian dollhouseOrnate toy replica home
- Hello DollyBroadway show about matchmaking
- furniture dollyWheeled platform for moving heavy objects
doll-like, dollhouse, baby doll, dollies, dollmaking, Dollywood, Dolly Parton, dollied, dollish