a type of insect, possibly the walking stick (Aplopus mayeri) (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
cuauhinenetzin
IPAspelling:
kwɑwinenetsin
Frances Karttunen:
CUAHUINENETZIN a type of insect, possibly the walking stick (Aplopus mayeri) / palillo (insecto) (T) [(1)Tp.188]. This appears to have CUAHU(I)-TL ‘wood’ and NENE-TL ‘image’ as constituent elements. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 58.