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Quecholomitl.

Headword: 
Quecholomitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a personal name that has some relationship to the Roseate Spoonbill bird(?) (SW)

Attestations from sources in English: 

Ironically, the hieroglyphic or logosyllabic images of people with this name (or Quecholomi) emphasize the bird or its feathers rather than anything about bones. So, perhaps the -omitl suffix has another explanation. See these examples from the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present):
https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/content/quecholomi-mh751r
https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/content/quecholomitl-mh661v
https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/content/quecholomitl-mh776r
In contrast, the Codex Vergara spells out the name Quecholomi or Quecholomitl phonetically, with no semantic indication about the meaning of the name:
https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/content/quecholomi-verg24r
https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/content/quecholomi-verg26r (SW)

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
See also: 
Quecholli.
omitl.