Coatl
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Coatl (also spelled cohuatl, couatl, or cuatl) is a Nahuatl word meaning "serpent" or "twin". It is the name of one of the day-signs in the Aztec Calendar. It can also refer to:
Popular culture
- Coatl, a character from the 1945 novel, Captain from Castile
- Also appears in the 1947 film adaptation, Captain from Castile
- Couatl, a type of creature in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game
- Couatl, a flying unit in the video game Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
- Couatl, the weakest member of the angelic (A) class of monsters in the computer game Nethack
- Coatl, a 5000-year-old comet in the Sailor Moon musicals; its personification formed the main villain team.
- In Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand, Nancy has to learn the Nahuatal word for snake to use as a password.
Science
- Eysenhardtia polystacha, the Mexican kidneywood used as a traditional diuretic used by the Aztec people
- Lignum nephriticum, the European name for the traditional diuretic derived from Eysenhardtia polystacha and Pterocarpus indicus
Other uses
- Lamborghini Coatl, a special variant of the car Lamborghini Diablo built in Latin America
See also
- Coatli, a Nahuatl word meaning "water serpent" and used as a name for several medicinal plants
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