metzonocuilin.

Headword: 
metzonocuilin.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of caterpillar associated with the maguey plant; see the DFC for an image and a description
Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 11: Earthly Things", fol. 104v, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/104v/images/4eae1c30-... Accessed 8 November 2025.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Plants, Trees, Flora
See also: 
metl.
tzontli.
ocuilin.