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chacmool

/ˈt͡ʃɑkˌmoʊl/

chacmool noun: a stylized, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican stone sculpture depicting a reclining male figure with the head raised and turned to one side, holding a small tray over the stomach.

chacmool: a stylized, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican stone sculpture depicting a reclining male figure with the...
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Noun

chacmool (plural chacmools or chacmooles)

  1. A stylized, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican stone sculpture depicting a reclining male figure with the head raised and turned to one side, holding a small tray over the stomach.

Forms of chacmool

pluralchacmools
pluralchacmooles
alternative formchac mool
alternative formchac-mool
alternative formchacmol

Origin of chacmool

Borrowed from Yucatec Maya chak moʼol (“jaguar”, literally “red paw”). The name was first given by Augustus Le Plongeon to a statue of this type discovered at Chichén Itzá in 1875.

Questions about chacmool

What does chacmool mean?
Chacmool means a stylized, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican stone sculpture depicting a reclining male figure with the head raised and turned to one side, holding a small tray over the stomach.
What part of speech is chacmool?
Chacmool is a noun.
How do you pronounce chacmool?
Chacmool is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɑkˌmoʊl/.
What is the plural of chacmool?
The plural of chacmool is chacmools.

Words near chacmool in the dictionary

  1. chacma
  2. chacmas
  3. chacmol
  4. chacmoles
  5. chacmols
  6. chacmool
  7. chacmools
  8. chacne
  9. chaco
  10. Chaco nothura
  11. Chaco nothuras

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