mastiff, or whippet (dog breeds) (see Molina); literally, a dog in the manner of a deer (SW)
Orthographic Variants:
mazamaniytzcuintli
Alonso de Molina:
mazamaniytzcuintli. alano, o lebrel. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 50r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.