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cuzatli.

Headword: 
cuzatli.
Principal English Translation: 

a species of weasels

Orthographic Variants: 
cozatli
Alonso de Molina: 

Cuzatli. comadreja.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 25v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

"cuzatli of the species of weasels; which they catch, raise, and fatten at their homes and finally, eager for gain, they bring to market to sell." (Central Mexico, 1571–1615)
The Mexican Treasury: The Writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández, ed. Simon Varey, transl. Rafael Chabrán, Cynthia L. Chamberlin, and Simon Varey (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000), 76.

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