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tlatetexoani.

Headword: 
tlatetexoani.
Principal English Translation: 

one who gnaws on a bone, getting all the meat off of it (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑteteʃoɑːni
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatetexoani. roedor de huesso o de cosa assi.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 136r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking