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xiuhzayol.

Headword: 
xiuhzayol.
Principal English Translation: 

green fly (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xiuhzāyōl
IPAspelling: 
ʃiwsɑːyoːl
Frances Karttunen: 

XIUHZĀYŌL-IN pl: -MEH green fly / mosca verde, mosca filaria (X) [(3)Xp.103]. See XIHU(I)-TL, ZĀYŌL-IN.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 327.