xoloitzcuintli

plural xoloitzcuintlis

1. Alternative letter-case form of Xoloitzcuintli.

alternative Xoloitzcuintle

1. A breed of dog, the Mexican Hairless.

   Owing to its hairless condition, the xoloitzcuintli visibly perspires...

   2005, Kent V Flannery, Joyce Marcus, Excavations at San José Mogote 1: the household archaeology

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   Whoever has petted a hairless dog will verify that these wrinkles are produced by a lack of hair, especially among the pups of the xoloitzcuintli.

   1991, Guillermo García Oropeza, Perros en las tumbas de Colima

   The Mexican xoloitzcuintli (or xolo) is a likely GFP K-9 breed (fig. 77).

   2005, Eduardo Kac, Telepresence and bio art: networking humans, rabbits, and robots

   Synonyms: Mexican hairless, Xolo