an iron hook (see Molina); literally, referring to a bent, twisted or curved metal thing
Orthographic Variants:
tepuz colli, tepuzcolli
Alonso de Molina:
tepuz colli. garauato de hierro. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 103v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.