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ayotochcacahuatl.

Headword: 
ayotochcacahuatl.
Principal English Translation: 

an armadillo shell (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
āyōtōchcacahuatl
IPAspelling: 
ɑːyoːtoːtʃkɑkɑwɑtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

ĀYŌTŌCHCACAHUA-TL armadillo shell / concha de armadillo (Z) [(1)Zp.142]. See ĀYŌTŌCH-IN, CACAHUA-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 17.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Shells