Filosa
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See also: filosa
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Filosa
- A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Cercozoa – euglyphids.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Chromista – kingdom; Harosa – subkingdom; Rhizaria – infrakingdom; Cercozoa – phylum
Hyponyms
- (genus): Monadofilosa, Reticulofilosa, Ventrifilosa - superclasses
Derived terms
References
Filosa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Filosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Filosa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Filosa (plural Filosas)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Filosa is the 37544th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 593 individuals. Filosa is most common among White (96.63%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Filosa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 574.
Italian
Etymology
From Sicilian filuosa (“fishing net”), a metonymic occupational surname for a fisherman.
Proper noun
Filosa m or f by sense
- a surname from Sicilian