pukkukokoisten

Pukkukokoisten is a Finnish adjective phrase used to describe entities that are ram-sized. It is formed from pukki, meaning ram, and kokoiset, meaning size classes or of a certain size. The phrase is most commonly encountered in descriptive or technical writing to indicate a size category rather than a taxonomic group. The genitive plural form pukkukokoisten is used when the phrase modifies a noun in the genitive, for example pukkukokoisten eläinten ruokavalio (the diet of ram-sized animals).

Grammatical notes and forms follow standard Finnish adjective inflection. Base forms include pukkukokoinen (singular nominative) and pukkukokoiset (plural nominative). Other inflections include pukkukokoisen (genitive singular), pukkukokoisia (partitive plural), and pukkukokoisten (genitive plural), depending on the noun they modify.

Usage and context: the term is descriptive rather than a formal classification. It can refer to sheep, goats, or other animals regarded as large relative to a reference group, depending on the context. It may appear in field notes, wildlife management reports, agricultural assessments, or zoological descriptions where distinguishing size classes improves clarity.

Limitations: the threshold for what counts as “ram-sized” is not fixed and varies with species, study design, or local conventions. Consequently, pukkukokoisten is a flexible descriptor rather than a precise scientific category.

See also: pukkukokoinen, pukkukokoiset, size-class terminology in Finnish, field-ornithology or wildlife-management glossaries. References commonly cited for Finnish morphological forms include standard Finnish language resources such as Kielitoimisto.