Quet|zal|co|a|tl

Quet|zal|co|a|tl
Quet|zal|co|a|tl «keht SAHL koh AH tuhl», noun.
a chief deity of the Aztecs and Toltecs in Mexico before the Spanish conquest, typically represented in sculpture as a plumed or feathered serpent.
[< Nahuatl Quetzalcoatl < Quetzalli (see etym. under quetzal (Cf.quetzal)) + coatl snake]

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