by means of biting, using the teeth, through taking bites (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tequaqualiztica
Alonso de Molina:
tequaqualiztica. abocados o adentelladas, o mordiendo a otros. aduerbio. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 105r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.