latilla
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la·til·la
(lä-tē'yə) 
n. Southwestern U.S.
A usually peeled limb or stick used as a ceiling material, as between beams or vigas.
n. Southwestern U.S.
A usually peeled limb or stick used as a ceiling material, as between beams or vigas.
[American Spanish, diminutive of Spanish lata, small stick, from Vulgar Latin *latta, of Germanic origin.]
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