a bird or the like that has a feathered crest (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
quachichiquile
Alonso de Molina:
quachichiquile. aue, o cosa semejante que tiene cresta de pluma. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 84r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.