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tenacalihui.

Headword: 
tenacalihui.
Principal English Translation: 

to be or become concave, especially when speaking of a bird's beak
Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, citing Wimmer (2004), "v.impers., devenir concave, en parlant du bec," who cites the Florentine Codex, Book 11, f. 22. See: https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/tenacalihui/62698. Translation here to English by Stephanie Wood.

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