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ayotochtli.

Headword: 
ayotochtli.
Principal English Translation: 

an armadillo, literally a turtle-rabbit (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents ayotochtli in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

ayotochtli = stirring sticks; tortoise-shell cups (for chocolate)
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 210.

"Although encased in horny plates, the flesh of the armadillo is very edible; hence, its Nahuatl name, ayotochtli, that combines turtle (ayotl) with rabbit (tochtli)."
Jeanette Favrot Peterson and ‎Judith Strupp Green, Precolumbian Flora and Fauna (1990), 56.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

"ayotochtli s. Cuadrúpedo; especie de lagarto cubierto de escamas (Clav.)."
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana (1977), 19.

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