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quetzalaztatzontli.

Headword: 
quetzalaztatzontli.
Principal English Translation: 

heron-feather headdress (see attestations)

IPAspelling: 
ketsɑlɑstɑtsontɬi
Attestations from sources in English: 

quetzalaztatzontli, çā moca quetzalli, motquitica quetzalli = the heron-feather headdress full of quetzal feathers, entirely of quetzal feathers
(central Mexico, sixteenth century)
James Lockhart, We People Here: Nahuatl Accounts of the Conquest of Mexico, Repertorium Columbianum v. 1 (Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1993), 66.

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Feathers
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