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mehuatiquetza.

Headword: 
mehuatiquetza.
Principal English Translation: 

for a horse (or the like) to rise up on its hind legs (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
meuatiquetza
Alonso de Molina: 

meuatiquetza. (pret. omeuatiquetz) empinarse el cauallo cosa assi.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 55v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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