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pinoliyo.

Headword: 
pinoliyo.
Principal English Translation: 

sheep tick (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
pinolīyō
IPAspelling: 
pinoliːyoː
Frances Karttunen: 

PINOLĪYŌ sheep tick / garrapata chiquita, coloradilla (Z) [(3)Zp.30,62,182]. Because of word-final shortening, the length of the final vowel is ambiguous. This seems to be related to PINOL-LI 'flour.'
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 196.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock raising
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.