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acuitlachtli.

Headword: 
acuitlachtli.
Principal English Translation: 

literally a "water wolf," this was a "mythical aquatic animal or neotropical otter," a mammal the size of a small dog, perhaps a nutria
See the keywords and translations of the Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book undefined: Earthly Things", fol. 33v, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/33v/images/0 Accessed 17 October 2025.

Orthographic Variants: 
acuetlachtli
Attestations from sources in English: 

There are images of this animal on both folios 33v and 34r of the DFC website mentioned above. This source also mentions that the animal is a quadruped with claws that resembled those of the tecuani of the forest, and it had a tail like a caiman/crocodile. The animal was associated with a lagoon in Santa Cruz Quauhacalco. The spring water from that lagoon traveled to Santiago Tlatelolco.
See the keywords and translations of the Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book undefined: Earthly Things", fol. 33v (and see 34r), Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/33v/images/0 Accessed 17 October 2025.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
See also: 
cuetlachtli.