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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.