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melpetlauhqui.

Headword: 
melpetlauhqui.
Principal English Translation: 

missing the breast, or having the breast cut off, uncovered, or bare; can be said of a fowl (see Molina and dictionaries defining despechugar)

IPAspelling: 
meːlpetɬɑːwki
Alonso de Molina: 

melpetlauhqui. despechugado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 55v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.