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jacal

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ja·cal  (hä-käl)
n. pl. ja·ca·les (-käls) or ja·cals
A thatch-roofed hut made of wattle and daub found in Mexico and the southwest United States.

[American Spanish, from Nahuatl xahcalli : xamitl, xam-, xah-, adobe + calli, house.]


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