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zohuahuexolotl.

Headword: 
zohuahuexolotl.
Principal English Translation: 

turkey hen (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
zohuahuehxōlōtl
IPAspelling: 
sowɑwehʃoːloːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

ZOHUAHUEHXŌLŌ-TL turkey hen / guajolote, totola, pava (T) [(1)Tp.222]. This is contradictory, since HUEHXŌLŌ-TL in general specifically means ‘turkey cock.’ See ZOHUA-TL, HUEHXŌLŌ-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 347.

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