mola

noun

In entomology, the grinding surface of a molar or broad basal tooth of the mandible.

noun

[capitalized] In ichthyology, the typical genus of plectognath fishes of the family called either Molidæ or Orthagoriscidæ, having as type the sunfish or head-fish, named Orthagoriscus mola by Bloch and Schneider, or M. rotunda of Cuvier and recent authors.

noun

See sunfish, 1.

noun

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.

noun

a sunfish, Mola mola

noun

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