Coatl

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Coatl (also spelled cohuatl, couatl, or cuatl) is a Nahuatl word meaning "serpent" or "twin" ( modern Nahuatl pronunciation ). 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 (novel)
  • 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
• Coatl, a breed of dragons in Flight Rising, a fantasy browser game

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