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mazamecatl.

Headword: 
mazamecatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a noose to hunt deer or wild animals (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
mɑsɑːmekɑtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

mazamecatl. lazo para cazar fieras, o venados.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 50r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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