välskäri

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Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish fältskär (field surgery).

Pronunciation

Noun

välskäri

  1. barber surgeon, army surgeon (medical practitioner charged with looking after soldiers during or after a battle)
  2. tang, surgeonfish, unicornfish (fish of the family Acanthuridae)

Declension

Possessive forms of välskäri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

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