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chilazcatl.

Headword: 
chilazcatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of red ant (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
chīlāzcatl
IPAspelling: 
tʃiːlɑːskɑtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

CHĪLĀZCA-TL a type of red ant / hormiga picahuye (Z) [(2)Zp.68,152]. See CHĪL-LI, ĀZCA-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 51.

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