Mola

From Latin mola (“millstone”), probably from the fish's shape and rough skin.

Mola f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Molidae – certain ray-finned fish called sunfish.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Osteichthyes – superclass; Actinopterygii – superclass; Actinopteri – class; Neopterygii – subclass; Teleostei – infraclass; Acanthopterygii – superorder; Tetraodontiformes – order; Molidae – family

• (genus): Mola mola (ocean sunfish), Mola ramsayi (southern sunfish) (species)

• Mola (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Mola on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mola at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Mola at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Mola at World Register of Marine Species
• “Mola”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026

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Mola m or f by sense

1. a surname

• almo, lamo, malo

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْلَى (mawlā, “Lord”) / مَوْلًى (mawlan).^[1]

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Mola

1. (Islam) God, Allah

• Mungu, Allah, maulana