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tehuitzcolotl.

Headword: 
tehuitzcolotl.
Principal English Translation: 

vinegaroon, whip scorpion (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tehuitzcōlōtl
IPAspelling: 
tewitskoːloːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

TEHUITZCŌLŌ-TL pl: -MEH vinegaroon, whip scorpion / vinagrillo (insecto) (T) [(1)Tp.224]. See TEHUITZ-TLI, CŌLŌ-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 219.

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