mola

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

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

He there married Chalciope, by whom he had four sons, Argos, Phrontes, Molas, and Cylindus. — The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII, Ovid
The words smote her ears like something hot and stinging: "You know I am one of the three accusers (the other two are Ascheri and Molas) who figure in the trial. — Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre, Voltairine De Cleyre

ocean sunfish, sunfish, headfish

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