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huehuetl

huehuetl noun: an ancient Mesoamerican percussion instrument, an upright tubular drum made from a wooden body opened at the bottom that stands on three legs cut from its base, with skin stretched over the top, and played by hand or with a mallet.

Noun

huehuetl (plural huehuetls)

  1. An ancient Mesoamerican percussion instrument, an upright tubular drum made from a wooden body opened at the bottom that stands on three legs cut from its base, with skin stretched over the top, and played by hand or with a mallet.

Forms of huehuetl

pluralhuehuetls

Questions about huehuetl

What does huehuetl mean?
Huehuetl means an ancient Mesoamerican percussion instrument, an upright tubular drum made from a wooden body opened at the bottom that stands on three legs cut from its base, with skin stretched over the top, and played by hand or with a mallet.
What part of speech is huehuetl?
Huehuetl is a noun.
What is the plural of huehuetl?
The plural of huehuetl is huehuetls.

Words near huehuetl in the dictionary

  1. hueful
  2. huefully
  3. Huegel
  4. Huegels
  5. Huehueteotl
  6. huehuetl
  7. huehuetls
  8. hueing
  9. Huejutla
  10. hueless
  11. huelessness

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