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eltzontli.

Headword: 
eltzontli.
Principal English Translation: 

the beard of a turkey, the tassel of hair-like feathers that grow from a turkey’s chest (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ēltzontli
IPAspelling: 
eːltsontɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

ĒLTZON-TLI the beard of a turkey, the tassel of hair-like feathers that grow from a turkey’s chest / su escobeta (de guajolote) (T) [(1)Tp.138]. This contrast with ĒLŌTZON-TLI ‘corn tassel’ See ĒL-LI, TZON-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 78.

themes: 
Feathers