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ocuilin cuacuahue.

Headword: 
ocuilin cuacuahue.
Principal English Translation: 

a worm with horns or feelers (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
ocuilin quaquaue, ocuilin quaquahue
Alonso de Molina: 

ocuilin quaquaue. gusano con cuernezillos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 76r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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