Definition for AX-A-YA'CAT

AX-A-YA'CAT, n.

A fly in Mexico, whose eggs, deposited on rushes and flags, in large quantities, are sold and used as a sort of caviare, called ahuauhtli. This was a dish among the Mexicans, as it now is among the Spaniards. C'avigero.

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