Meanings
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nounmola (plural molas)
plural molas
- 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.
Molas originally served, and still serve, as blouse front and backs.
1979, Kax Wilson, A History of Textiles, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 3391 more example
The classic mola is pure applique and is distinguished by alternating bands of color.
1977, Rhoda L. Auld, Molas: What they are, How to make them, Ideas they suggest for creative appliqué, page 67
Synonyms & antonyms
nounamong 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
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Broader
plectognathplectognath fish
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Polish mola
- molatraditional textile art using reverse appliqué
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mola
MotorolaAngolacolaPensacolaviolalolaOsceolacanolaholaRollagondolanolabolagranolaTortolakolaebolamineolaIolaApalachicolagorgonzolaareolapayolaHispaniola
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APA
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MLA
“mola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mola. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
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