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Opah vs Mola - What's the difference?

opah | mola |

As nouns the difference between opah and mola

is that opah is any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae while mola is 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.

opah

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae.
  • * 2003 , Margaret M. Smith, Phillip C. Heemstra (editors), Smiths' Sea Fishes'' (Revision of 1977, James Leonard Brierley Smith, ''The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa ), page 398,
    • A member of the lower epipelagic community, the opah feeds on squid and fishes (including some benthic species) and is usually found well offshore.
  • * 2006 , Sharon Hamblin, Adventure Guide Maui , page 36,
    • For a long time, opah' has been thought to be good luck so it was only given away, never sold. ' Opah is a nonschooling open-ocean fish so it's not caught in great quantities.
  • * 2013 , Roy Yamaguchi, John Harrisson, Roy's Fish and Seafood: Recipes from the Pacific Rim , page 77,
    • Opah is an extraordinary-looking ocean fish, with an almost perfectly round shape; a comparatively thin, flat profile; a silvery skin, and bright crimson fins.

    Synonyms

    * (fish of family Lampridae) Jerusalem haddock, kingfish, moonfish, redfin ocean pan, sunfish

    References

    See also

    * (wikipedia "opah") * (Lampridae)

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    mola

    English

    Noun

    (en 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 technique.
  • * 1977 , Rhoda L. Auld, Molas: What they are, How to make them, Ideas they suggest for creative appliqué? , page 67
    • The classic mola is pure applique and is distinguished by alternating bands of color.
  • a sunfish, Mola mola

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