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atlatlacatzicatl.

Headword: 
atlatlacatzicatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of ant (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ātlatlācatzīcatl
IPAspelling: 
ɑːtɬɑtɬɑːkɑtsiːkɑtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

ĀTLATLĀCATZĪCA-TL a type of ant /hormiga (una especie) (T)[(1)Tp.171]. M has atlatlacamani ´to bring on a storm or torment.´ Possibly T is characteristically lacking a glottal stop, and the first element of this compound should be ĀTLAH and have to do with an abundance of water. See TZĪCA-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 13, 14.

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