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ixcauhtototl.

Headword: 
ixcauhtototl.
Principal English Translation: 

a bird that eats ticks off domestic animals (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
īxcauhtōtōtl
IPAspelling: 
iːʃkɑwtoːtoːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

ĪXCAUHTŌTŌ-TL ani, a bird that eats ticks off domestic animals / tordo garrapatero (pájaro) (Z) [(2)Zp.124,163]. Z idiosyncratically has a P corresponding to the UH of the second syllable. This may reflect a confusion between ĪXCAUH-TLI ‘tick’ and ĪXCAPOTZTIC ‘black,’ since the birds is glossy black. See ĪXCAUH-TLI, TŌTO-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 111.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.