Filosa

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Filosa

1. A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Cercozoa – euglyphids.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Chromista – kingdom; Harosa – subkingdom; Rhizaria – infrakingdom; Cercozoa – phylum

• (genus): Monadofilosa, Reticulofilosa, Ventrifilosa - superclasses

• Monadofilosa
• Reticulofilosa
• Ventrifilosa

• Filosa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Filosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Filosa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Borrowed from Italian Filosa.

Filosa (plural Filosas)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Filosa is the 37544^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 593 individuals. Filosa is most common among White (96.63%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Filosa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 574.

From Sicilian filuosa (“fishing net”), a metonymic occupational surname for a fisherman.

Filosa m or f by sense

1. a surname from Sicilian