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metzontli.

Headword: 
metzontli.
Principal English Translation: 

the hairs on one's legs (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

metzontli. los pelos delas piernas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 55v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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