mola
1 Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of mola1
1595–1605; < Latin: millstone; so called from its shape
Origin of mola2
1940–45; < Cuna: clothing, blouse, mola
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Video released by the US-based NGO Beneath The Waves shows one orca holding the tail of a sunfish, with its fellow whale then charging with full force into the rotund mola, which explodes into pieces.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
There are three species of these sunfish—Mola mola, Mola tecta and Mola alexandrini—which can be difficult to tell apart without genetic analysis.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2022
And if you like weird and appealing, the Mola mola, or ocean sunfish, makes a similar appearance.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2018
It was the mola that also brought the Peace Corps to San Blas.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mola versatilis evidently referred to the revolving millstone or quern.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
Boys in bright shirts play pan pipes, while girls wearing molas shake maracas.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025
Magdalena sits with her granddaughter, teaching her to sew molas.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025
On Gardi Sugdub, women who make the elaborately embroidered molas worn by Guna women hang them outside their homes when finished, trying to catch the eye of visiting tourists.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
But perhaps the most wonderful morning was one we spent with a Guna family who arrived with a boatload of molas, the magnificent embroidered handicrafts for which the Guna women are known.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2022
There is a similar optical bravura in a display of 31 molas — meticulously layered appliqué panels, made since the early colonial period by the Kuna women, and occasionally men, of Panama.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2012
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