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tetzicatlalli.

Headword: 
tetzicatlalli.
Principal English Translation: 

ant hill of a particular type of ant (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tetzīcatlālli
IPAspelling: 
tetsiːkɑtɬɑːlli
Frances Karttunen: 

TETZĪCATLĀL-LI pl: -TIN ant hill of a particular type of ant / hormiguero (T) [(1)Tp.226]. See TETZĪCA-TL, TLĀL-LI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 237.

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