mola

• n. 翻车鲀
• n. (Mola)人名；(意、西、塞、土、乍、埃塞)莫拉

来自拉丁语mola,磨石，石磨，词源同molar,mill,mallet.因这种鱼形似一个大石磨而得名。

mola (n.1)

type of fish, 1670s, from Latin mola, literally "millstone" (see molar). So called because of the fish's shape and rough skin.

mola (n.2)

"false conception," c. 1600, from Latin mola "false conception," from earlier sense "salt cake;" literally "millstone" (see molar).

1. 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