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poyahuallotl.

Headword: 
poyahuallotl.
Principal English Translation: 

a feather that covers the bird's tail feathers; a supra-caudal feather (brown in color)
Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, A. Wimmer (2004) citing Sahagún; translation to English by Stephanie Wood.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

"La pluma que tienen las aues cerca de la cola, que estan (sic) sobre las plumas de la cola se llama alincaiotl, poiaoallotl, o quammoloctli'. Sah HG XI Chap II §10. Sah11,40."
Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, A. Wimmer (2004) citando a Sahagún, https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/poyahuallotl/60547.

See also: 
tlapoyahuallotl.
tlapoyahualiztli.