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metolcualo.

Headword: 
metolcualo.
Principal English Translation: 

to become moth-eaten (speaking of clothing) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
metolqualo
Alonso de Molina: 

metolqualo. (pret. ometolqualoc) apolillarse la ropa.
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.

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