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yacaocuilin.

Headword: 
yacaocuilin.
Principal English Translation: 

little bits of worm-like material that come out of the nose when the point of the nose is squeezed (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
jɑkɑokwilin
Alonso de Molina: 

yacaocuilin. unas puntillas como de materia que sobre la punta de la nariz apretandolas parecen.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 30r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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