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Huitzilopochtli

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Hui·tzi·lo·poch·tli  (wts-l-pchtl)
n. Mythology
The tutelary deity of the Aztecs and a manifestation of the sun god Tezcatlipoca.

[Nahuatl : huizilin, hummingbird + opochtli, left-hand side.]


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