the mother of the large, red, poisonous, biting ant; i.e. the snake anteater (?? -- see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tzicatl ynan
Alonso de Molina:
tzicatl ynan. culebra de hormiguero. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 152r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.