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perro.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
perro.
Principal English Translation: 

a dog

Orthographic Variants: 
pero
Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents perro in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

This loanword appears (as pero) in the Codex Sierra-Texupan on Plate 17, describing two dogs that were used for guarding sheep. The dogs are includes in a visual, one white with gray spots and the other a pinkish color. These appear to be European dogs.
https://bidilaf.buap.mx/objeto.xql?id=48281&busqueda=Texupan&action=sear...

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