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tepozcuacalalatli.

Headword: 
tepozcuacalalatli.
Principal English Translation: 

iron helmets, armor for the head (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuzquacalalatli, tepozquacalalatli
Alonso de Molina: 

tepuzquacalalatli. capacete de hierro, o celada armadura dela cabeza.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 104r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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