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ocuilto.

Headword: 
ocuilto.
Principal English Translation: 

a weevil that eats corn or wheat (see Molina); the construction of this word may suggest a small worm if -ton is meant to be the suffix (SW)

Alonso de Molina: 

ocuilto. gorgojo que come el trigo, o mayz.
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.

See also: 
ocuiltontli.