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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A sunfish, Mola mola.
2. 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.

   "The classic mola is pure applique and is distinguished by alternating bands of color."

3. 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 wordnet

Synonyms

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headfishocean sunfishocean sunfishsunfish

Example

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"The classic mola is pure applique and is distinguished by alternating bands of color."

Related phrases

common molamola molamola mola

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