selkänikama

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • (skeleton) A thoracic vertebra.

Etymology

Compound from Finnish selkä (back, open water, into back) + Finnish nikama (vertebra, vertebral).

Origin

Finnish

nikama

Gloss

vertebra, vertebral

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