inantzicatl.

Headword: 
inantzicatl.
Principal English Translation: 

coral snake (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
īnāntzīcatl
IPAspelling: 
iːnɑːntsiːkɑtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

ĪNĀNTZĪCA-TL pl: -MEH coral snake / coralillo (X) [(2)Xp.46]. According to popular belief, this snake residents in ant hills and protects the ants. See NĀN-TLI, TZĪCA-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 106.