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cuauhtotol.

Headword: 
cuauhtotol.
Principal English Translation: 

crested guan, a bird somewhat pheasant-like in appearance (Penelope purpurascens) (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhtōtol
IPAspelling: 
kwɑwtoːtol
Frances Karttunen: 

CUAUHTŌTOL-IN crested guan, a bird somewhat pheasant-like in appearance (Penelope purpurascens) / cojolite, totola, silvestre (Z) [(3)Zp.29,124,150]. See CUAHU(I)-TL, TŌTOL-IN.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 65.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.