a monkey, a "known animal," (see Molina); the elements are wooden-shield or eagle-shield
Orthographic Variants:
quauhchimal
Alonso de Molina:
quauhchimal. mono, animal conocido. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 86r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.