diff --git a/lang/funcs/core/iter/map_func.go b/lang/funcs/core/iter/map_func.go
index eafcfba7..1981f20a 100644
--- a/lang/funcs/core/iter/map_func.go
+++ b/lang/funcs/core/iter/map_func.go
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// MapFuncName is the name this function is registered as.
-	// XXX: rename to map once our parser sees a function name and not a type
-	MapFuncName = "xmap"
+	MapFuncName = "map"
 )
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator0.txtar.TODO b/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator0.txtar.TODO
index f2cc6e57..b443f590 100644
--- a/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator0.txtar.TODO
+++ b/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator0.txtar.TODO
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $fn = func($x) { # notable because concrete type is fn(t1) t2, where t1 != t2
 
 $in1 = ["a", "bb", "ccc", "dddd", "eeeee",]
 
-$out1 = iter.xmap($in1, $fn) # XXX: change to map
+$out1 = iter.map($in1, $fn)
 
 $t1 = template("out1: {{ . }}", $out1)
 
diff --git a/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator1.txtar.TODO b/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator1.txtar.TODO
index dc4ccf20..e7b2af3f 100644
--- a/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator1.txtar.TODO
+++ b/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator1.txtar.TODO
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 -- main.mcl --
 import "iter"
 
-func iterxmap($a, $b) { # XXX: change to map
-	iter.xmap($a, $b) # XXX: change to map
+func itermap($a, $b) {
+	iter.map($a, $b)
 }
 
 $fn = func($x) {
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ $fn = func($x) {
 $in1 = [5, 4, 3, 2, 1,]
 $in2 = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e",]
 
-$out1 = iter.xmap($in1, $fn) # XXX: change to map
-$out2 = iter.xmap($in2, $fn) # XXX: change to map
-$out3 = iterxmap($in1, $fn) # XXX: change to map
-$out4 = iterxmap($in2, $fn) # XXX: change to map
+$out1 = iter.map($in1, $fn)
+$out2 = iter.map($in2, $fn)
+$out3 = itermap($in1, $fn)
+$out4 = itermap($in2, $fn)
 
 $t1 = template("out1: {{ . }}", $out1)
 $t2 = template("out2: {{ . }}", $out2)
diff --git a/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator2.txtar.TODO b/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator2.txtar.TODO
index aca65502..f9eb3b76 100644
--- a/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator2.txtar.TODO
+++ b/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator2.txtar.TODO
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $fn = func($x) { # ignore arg
 
 $in = [5, 4, 3, 2, 1,]
 
-$out = iter.xmap($in, $fn) # XXX: change to map
+$out = iter.map($in, $fn)
 
 $t = template("out: {{ . }}", $out)
 
diff --git a/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator3.txtar.TODO b/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator3.txtar.TODO
index 1ae4f098..32435072 100644
--- a/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator3.txtar.TODO
+++ b/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator3.txtar.TODO
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $fn = func($x) { # type changes from str to int
 
 $in = ["a", "bb", "ccc", "dddd", "eeeee",]
 
-$out = iter.xmap($in, $fn) # XXX: change to map
+$out = iter.map($in, $fn)
 
 $t = template("out: {{ . }}", $out)
 
diff --git a/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator4.txtar.TODO b/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator4.txtar.TODO
index 20be31a3..b2bda417 100644
--- a/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator4.txtar.TODO
+++ b/lang/interpret_test/TestAstFunc2/map-iterator4.txtar.TODO
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import "iter"
 $in = ["a", "bb", "ccc", "dddd", "eeeee",]
 
 # the inline lambda format is more readable with the func as the second arg
-$out = iter.xmap($in, func($x) {
+$out = iter.map($in, func($x) {
 	len($x)
 
-}) # XXX: change to map
+})
 
 $t = template("out: {{ . }}", $out)
 
diff --git a/lang/parser/lexparse_test.go b/lang/parser/lexparse_test.go
index a7569a89..4dbf982f 100644
--- a/lang/parser/lexparse_test.go
+++ b/lang/parser/lexparse_test.go
@@ -2073,6 +2073,81 @@ func TestLexParse0(t *testing.T) {
 			exp:  exp,
 		})
 	}
+	{
+		fn := &ast.ExprFunc{
+			Args: []*interfaces.Arg{
+				{
+					Name: "x",
+					//Type: types.TypeInt,
+				},
+			},
+			//Return: types.TypeInt,
+			Body: &ast.ExprCall{
+				Name: funcs.OperatorFuncName,
+				Args: []interfaces.Expr{
+					&ast.ExprStr{
+						V: "*",
+					},
+					&ast.ExprVar{
+						Name: "x",
+					},
+					&ast.ExprVar{
+						Name: "x",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		//if err := fn.SetType(types.NewType("func(x int) int")); err != nil {
+		//	t.Fatal("could not build type")
+		//}
+
+		exp := &ast.StmtProg{
+			Body: []interfaces.Stmt{
+				&ast.StmtImport{
+					Name: "iter",
+				},
+				&ast.StmtBind{
+					Ident: "fn",
+					Value: fn,
+				},
+				&ast.StmtBind{
+					Ident: "out",
+					Value: &ast.ExprCall{
+						Name: "iter.map", // does this name lex/parse correctly?
+						Args: []interfaces.Expr{
+							&ast.ExprList{
+								Elements: []interfaces.Expr{
+									&ast.ExprInt{
+										V: 1,
+									},
+									&ast.ExprInt{
+										V: 2,
+									},
+									&ast.ExprInt{
+										V: 3,
+									},
+								},
+							},
+							&ast.ExprVar{
+								Name: "fn",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		testCases = append(testCases, test{
+			name: "iter.map",
+			code: `
+			import "iter"
+			$fn = func($x) { $x * $x }
+			$out = iter.map([1,2,3,], $fn)
+			`,
+			fail: false,
+			exp:  exp,
+		})
+	}
 
 	if testing.Short() {
 		t.Logf("available tests:")
diff --git a/lang/parser/parser.y b/lang/parser/parser.y
index 5070c49f..4aa306f7 100644
--- a/lang/parser/parser.y
+++ b/lang/parser/parser.y
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ struct_field:
 ;
 call:
 	// fmt.printf(...)
+	// iter.map(...)
 	dotted_identifier OPEN_PAREN call_args CLOSE_PAREN
 	{
 		posLast(yylex, yyDollar) // our pos
@@ -1303,13 +1304,26 @@ type_func_arg:
 		}
 	}
 ;
-dotted_identifier:
+undotted_identifier:
 	IDENTIFIER
 	{
 		posLast(yylex, yyDollar) // our pos
 		$$.str = $1.str
 	}
-|	dotted_identifier DOT IDENTIFIER
+	// a function could be named map()!
+|	MAP_IDENTIFIER
+	{
+		posLast(yylex, yyDollar) // our pos
+		$$.str = $1.str
+	}
+;
+dotted_identifier:
+	undotted_identifier
+	{
+		posLast(yylex, yyDollar) // our pos
+		$$.str = $1.str
+	}
+|	dotted_identifier DOT undotted_identifier
 	{
 		posLast(yylex, yyDollar) // our pos
 		$$.str = $1.str + interfaces.ModuleSep + $3.str