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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Dolly  Varden  \Dol"ly  Var"den\ 
  1.  A  character  in  Dickens's  novel  ``Barnaby  Rudge,''  a 
  beautiful,  lively,  and  coquettish  girl  who  wore  a 
  cherry-colored  mantle  and  cherry-colored  ribbons. 
 
  2.  A  style  of  light,  bright-figured  dress  goods  for  women; 
  also  a  style  of  dress. 
 
  {Dolly  Varden  trout}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  trout  of  northwest 
  America;  --  called  also  {bull  trout},  {malma},  and 
  {red-spotted  trout}.  See  {Malma}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Malma  \Mal"ma\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  spotted  trout  ({Salvelinus  malma}),  inhabiting  Northern 
  America,  west  of  the  Rocky  Mountains;  --  called  also  {Dolly 
  Varden  trout},  {bull  trout},  {red-spotted  trout},  and 
  {golet}.