mo·la 1 (m  l , -lä)n. pl. mo·las A colorful fabric panel of Central American origin, sewn with a reverse-appliqué technique and used for decorative purposes, as on clothing or furniture or as a wall hanging. [Kuna, clothing, blouse, mola.] |
| mo·la 2 (ml) n. pl. mola or mo·las See ocean sunfish. [Latin, millstone (from its shape and rough skin); see mel - in Indo-European roots.] |
mola [ˈməʊlə]
n pl -la, -las
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for sunfish [1]
[from Latin, literally: millstone]
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| Noun | 1. |  mola - among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm watersplectognath, plectognath fish - tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines genus Mola - type genus of the Molidae Mola lanceolata, sharptail mola - caudal fin has a central projection |
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