a warrior outfit made primarily of red feathers; the accompanying headdress also had two rows of green and white feathers; or, that which is dispersed
momoyactli = "momoyactli is derived from the verb momoyahua, which means to flee, or disperse. Beyer translates momoyactli as "lo que se dispersa" (that which is scattered) , stating that the name refers to the fanning out of the feathers."
It may have been a feather crest on a wooden frame. The feathers of the momoyactli headdress are shorter and less compact, seemingly less prestigious than the pazactli.
As a reward for five captives, one could obtain a reward of a "back ornament with a fan" of feathers in the form of a momoyactli (a type of tlahuiztli) of scarlet macaw feathers.