a long lizard with a big tail and runs a lot (see Molina), a type of venomous lizard (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
petzcouixin
IPAspelling:
petskoːwiːʃin
Alonso de Molina:
petzcouixin. lagartija larga de gran rabo que corre mucho. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 81r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.
Frances Karttunen:
PETZCŌHUĪX-IN pl: -MEH a type of venomous lizard / aspia, tipo de lagartija muy brillosa y venenosa (X) [(3)Xp.64]. See PETZCOĀ, CUĪX-IN.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 192.