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tepule cihuatl.

Headword: 
tepule cihuatl.
Principal English Translation: 

someone that has both genital parts, of a woman and a man; i.e. intersex, hermaphrodite (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepule ciuatl
Alonso de Molina: 

tepule ciuatl. hombre que tiene dos naturas . s. de muger y de varon.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 103v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.