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ocuilloa.

Headword: 
ocuilloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to swell with worms (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

ocuilloa. n. (pret. onocuilloac.) hechirse de gusanos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 76r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

The transcription of Molina ("hechirse") seems to be incorrect:
henchirse de gusanos = to swell with worms
hechirse de gusanos = to bewitch with worms

See also: 
ocuiloa.