kirsu

Possibly a variant of kärsä (“snout”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkirsu/, [ˈk̟irs̠u]
• Rhymes: -irsu
• Hyphenation^(key): kir‧su

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kirsu

1. (anatomy) nose leather, rhinarium (usually black or brown region around the nostrils of some mammals, primarily of canines, but also of felines)

   Terveen koiran kirsu on kostea.

   The nose leather of a healthy dog is moist.

2. (dialectal) A nose of a seal.

• The rhinarium of mammals is usually called nenä (“nose”). Also dog's rhinarium is often colloquially referred to as nenä.

• “kirsu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• kursi, risku, ruksi