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ITZECUINTEPOTZOTLI

Volume 12 · 55 words · 1842 Edition

or Hunch-backed Dog, a Mexican quadruped similar to a dog. It is as large as a Maltese dog, the skin of which is varied with white, tawny, Itzehoe and black. The characteristic mark is a great hunch which it bears from its neck to its rump. This animal abounds most in the kingdom of Michuacan.