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ocelopetlatl.

Headword: 
ocelopetlatl.
Principal English Translation: 

the jaguar mat

Attestations from sources in English: 

Ocelopetlatl, quappetlatl. Quitoznequi: in oncan nemi chicaoaque, in oapaoaque in ayac uel quinpeoa = The jaguar mat, the eagle mat. This means where the strong and valiant are whom no one can vanquish.
Thelma D. Sullivan, "Nahuatl Proverbs, Conundrums, and Metaphors, Collected by Sahagún," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 4 (1963), 146–147.

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