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tepozcolli.

Headword: 
tepozcolli.
Principal English Translation: 

an iron hook (see Molina); literally, referring to a bent, twisted or curved metal thing

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuz colli, tepuzcolli
Alonso de Molina: 

tepuz colli. garauato de hierro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 103v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents tepozcolli in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

themes: 
Metals, Mining