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alosa

alosa noun: shad.

Noun

alosa (plural alosas)

  1. shad

Forms of alosa

pluralalosas

Origin of alosa

Borrowed from Latin alausa, from Gaulish *alausa. Doublet of alose.

Questions about alosa

What does alosa mean?
Alosa means shad.
What part of speech is alosa?
Alosa is a noun.
What is the plural of alosa?
The plural of alosa is alosas.

Words near alosa in the dictionary

  1. aloracetam
  2. Aloran
  3. Alorese
  4. aloricate
  5. Alos
  6. alosa
  7. alosas
  8. alose
  9. aloses
  10. alosetron
  11. alosid

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