dokta bilong ol animal

Tok Pisin

Etymology

A compound phrase translating to "doctor for animals."

Noun

dokta bilong ol animal

  1. veterinarian
    • 1998, anonymous author, Kirap![1]:
      Wanpela dokta bilong ol animal i bin glasim ol samting i stap long bel bilong sampela puma ol man i bin kilim long Brasil, na em i tok: "Puma inap kilim na pulim wanpela animal bikpela bilong em i winim puma inap 5-pela taim, tasol em i save kaikai ol grasopa tu sapos i no gat narapela kaikai bilong kisim."
      A veterinarian examined the contents of a puma's digestive system hunted in Brazil and said "A puma can kill and drag an animal five times its size, but it also eats grasshoppers if nothing else is around."