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tocaletl.

Headword: 
tocaletl.
Principal English Translation: 

cicada (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tōcalētl
IPAspelling: 
toːkɑleːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

TŌCALĒ-TL, pl.: -MEH, cicada / chicharra (T)[(1)Tp.242].
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 242.

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