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tlalcoyotl.

Headword: 
tlalcoyotl.
Principal English Translation: 

a certain animal that hides underground or in a cave, such as the mole (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlalcoyutl
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːlkojoːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

tlalcoyutl. cierto adiue que se esconde debaxo dela tierra y la caua como la tuzan.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 123v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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