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cuitcoatl.

Headword: 
cuitcoatl.
Principal English Translation: 

tapeworm (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuitcōātl
IPAspelling: 
kwitkoːɑːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

CUITCŌĀ-TL tapeworm / lombriz (Z) [(2)Zp.77,149]. The first element is a reduction of CUITL(A)-TL. Z has T for TL. In other dialects the expected form would be CUITLACŌĀ-TL. See CUITL(A)-TL, CŌĀ-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 72.

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