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mola

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The mola or molas , forms part of the traditional outfit of a Kuna woman, two mola panels being incorporated as front and back panels in a blouse. The full costume traditionally includes a patterned wrapped skirt (saburet), a red and yellow headscarf (musue), ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of fish, 1670s, from Latin mola , literally "millstone" (see molar ). So called because of the fish's shape and rough skin.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mola \Mo"la\, n. (Zo["o]l.) See Sunfish , 1.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A traditional textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia. A mola consists of cloth panels, made to wear on clothing, which feature complex designs made with multiple layers of cloth in a reverse appliqué technique. 2 a sunfish, ''Mola ...

Usage examples of mola.

An old woman, Molas Ferd, was down by the riverbank collecting geese scumble when she sighted the swell.

But old Molas Ferd stood where she was, shovel in hand, staring openmouthed at the waters.

He studied the angle of the dog-vane, called for an azimuth-compass to take the bearings of the wake and of Cape Mola, gazed long at the sky, the familiar clear tramontane sky with high white clouds moving in a steady procession toward Africa, and methodically began to pack on sail, causing the log to be heaved every five minutes.

It consisted of a pot of scalding tea, three kas crackers, and six mola berries.

MOLA has been able to provide detailed topographic information about individual features such as impact craters, volcanoes, fractures, channels, and polar deposits.

The passengers on the port side of the boat were treated to the sight of a huge sunfish, often called a Mola Mola.

But old Molas Ferd stood where she was, shovel in hand, staring openmouthed at the waters.

Like old Molas Ferd before the flood, he stood paralysed before the sight of humanity’s ancient enemy.

Nor could Stephen, for that matter: still, Jack looked forward extremely to their meeting, and in something less than two days' time, when the Worcester rounded to under Cape Mola, unable to enter Mahon harbour because of the north-wester, he took his barge, pulling through the narrow mouth and then beating right up the whole length, board upon board, although an exchange of signals with the officer in charge of Royal Naval stores had told him that nothing but a little Stockholm tar had yet arrived for the squadron.