mayatl.

Headword: 
mayatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a certain flying beetle (see Molina); a flower chafer (DFC, with image and description)
Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 11: Earthly Things", fol. 107r, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/107r/images/27924353-... Accessed 10 November 2025.

IPAspelling: 
mɑjɑːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

mayatl. cierto escarauajo que vuela.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 51r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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