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tlaxopochtli.

Headword: 
tlaxopochtli.
Principal English Translation: 

bird’s nest (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlaxopochtli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑʃopotʃtɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAXOPOCH-TLI pl: -MEH bird’s nest / nido de gallina (T) [(1)Tp.238]. This specifically refers to a nest made in a depression on the ground. See XOPOCHTIC.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 304.

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