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amacozcatl.

Headword: 
amacozcatl.
Principal English Translation: 

paper garlands—literally, paper necklace(s);
also, a killdeer (bird) (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in English: 

paper garlands
Justyna Olko, Insignia and Rank in the Nahua World (2014), 382.

gallaludo/killdeer
Cooper Ornithological Society, Distributional Check-list of the Birds of Mexico - Part 2 (1957), 91.

"Otros nombres comunes: Chorlito Titirillo, Chorlo collarejo, Gallaludo, Surquero, Amacozcatl, Kildío, Kilder [sic], Collarejo Frailecillo Trinca, Amacozque".
Aves de Saltillo (1996), 37.

Auh in puchteca ueuetque yehuantin tenamique in xochitica in yetica in amacozcatl xiuhtezcayo auh in ichquequetzalli pepeyocyo metzcuitlatica.
Fuentes indígenas de la cultura náhuatl (1958), 102.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Charadríus vociferus Tildío = Amacozcatl = Killdeer
Gerardo del Olmo Linares y ‎Emilio Roldán V., Aves comunes de la ciudad de México (2007), 59.

"Otros nombres comunes: Chorlito Titirillo, Chorlo collarejo, Gallaludo, Surquero, Amacozcatl, Kildío, Kilder [sic], Collarejo Frailecillo Trinca, Amacozque".
Aves de Saltillo (1996), 37.

Auh in puchteca ueuetque yehuantin tenamique in xochitica in yetica in amacozcatl xiuhtezcayo auh in ichquequetzalli pepeyocyo metzcuitlatica.
Fuentes indígenas de la cultura náhuatl (1958), 102.

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