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GENUS MOLA

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• GENUS MOLA (noun)
The noun GENUS MOLA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Molidae

Familiarity information: GENUS MOLA used as a noun is very rare.

• GENUS MOLA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Molidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Mola" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Mola"):

headfish; mola; ocean sunfish; sunfish (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)

Holonyms ("genus Mola" is a member of...):

family Molidae; Molidae (ocean sunfishes)

"The proof of the pudding is in the eating."
(English proverb)
"Those that lie down with dogs, get up with fleas."
(Native American proverb, Blackfoot)
"The one without a sword gets humiliated."
(Arabic proverb)
"Barking dogs don't bite."
(Dutch proverb)

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