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maxalihuiliztli.

Headword: 
maxalihuiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

food that is given to animals or fury (the idea of feeding a particular animal raw meat so that they can be more ferocious) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
maxaliuiliztli
IPAspelling: 
mɑʃɑliwilistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

maxaliuiliztli. ceuo o encarnizamiento tal.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 54v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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