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acolotl.

Headword: 
acolotl.
Principal English Translation: 

crayfish (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
ɑːkoːloːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

ĀCŌLŌ-TL pl: -MEH crayfish / alacrán de agua (X) [(3)Xp.25]. The literal sense of this is ´water-scorpion,´ as in the Spanish gloss. See Ā-TL, CŌLŌ-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 3.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Marine, Maritime, Lacustrine