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mola

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈməʊ.lə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈmoʊ.lə/
  • rhymes with -əʊlə
  • CMU ARPABET: M OW1 L AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A sunfish, Mola mola.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A traditional textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia, consisting of cloth panels to be worn on clothing, featuring complex designs made with multiple layers of cloth in a reverse appliqué technique.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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 waters

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ocean sunfish, sunfish, headfish

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plectognath, plectognath fish

Narrower terms: sharptail mola, Mola lanceolata

History

Etymology

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