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tectli.

Headword: 
tectli.
Principal English Translation: 

rattlesnake (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tēctli
IPAspelling: 
teːktɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TĒC-TLI pl: -MEH rattlesnake / ví- bora, serpiente, culebra de cascabel (T) [(1)Tp.227]. See TĒCUĀNCŌĀ-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 217–218.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.