cochineal insect (Dactylopius cacti), the bodies of which produce a scarlet dye; armadillo (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
tlālpitzotl
IPAspelling:
tɬɑːlpitsotɬ
Frances Karttunen:
TLĀLPITZO-TL pl: -MEH cochineal insect (Dactylopius cacti), the bodies of which produce a scarlet dye; armadillo / cochinilla (Z), armadillo (X) [(2)Zp.29,209, (3)Xp.91]. See TLĀL-LI, PITZO-TL. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 277.