chacmool

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Yucatec Maya chak moʼol (“jaguar”, literally “red paw”). The name was first given by Augustus Le Plongeon to a statue of this type discovered at Chichén Itzá in 1875. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑkˌmoʊl/ === Noun === chacmool (plural chacmools or chacmooles) (archaeology) A stylized, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican stone sculpture depicting a reclining male figure with the head raised and turned to one side, holding a small tray over the stomach. ==== Alternative forms ==== chac mool, chac-mool chacmol (rare) ==== Translations ==== == Spanish == === Noun === chacmool m (plural chacmooles) (Mexico) jaguar ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “chacmool”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010