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cuauhxayacatl.

Headword: 
cuauhxayacatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of wasp, hornet that builds a large nest (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhxāyacatl
IPAspelling: 
kwɑwʃɑːyɑkɑtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

CUAUHXĀYAC(A)-TL pl: -MEH a type of wasp, hornet that builds a large nest / avispa de campo (en los árboles), mascarón (panal grande) (T) (I)Tp.120]. See CUAHU(I)TL, XĀYAC(A)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 65.