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chichilazcatl.

Headword: 
chichilazcatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of large red ant (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
chīchīlāzcatl
IPAspelling: 
tʃiːtʃiːlɑːskɑtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

CHĪCHĪLĀZCA-TL a type of large red ant / hormiga arriera (Z) [(2)Zp.68,151]. See CHĪL-LI, ĀZCA-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 48.