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xiuhquilcoatl.

Headword: 
xiuhquilcoatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of snake (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xiuhquilcōātl
IPAspelling: 
ʃiwkilkoːɑːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

XIUHQUILCŌĀ-TL a type of snake / culebra chirrionera (Z) [(2)Zp.37,228]. See XIHU(I)-TL, QUIL(I)-TL, CŌĀ-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 327.

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