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petlazolcoatl.

Headword: 
petlazolcoatl.
Principal English Translation: 

centipede (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
petlaçolcoatl, petlaçolcohuatl
IPAspelling: 
petɬɑsolkoːɑːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

petlazolcoatl. ciento pies.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 81r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

For a painting of three centipedes, see the Digital Florentine Codex, book 11, f. 91v.
Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 11: Earthly Things", fol. 91v, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/91v/images/0 Accessed 3 November 2025.

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