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tzoncoatl.

Headword: 
tzoncoatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a snake or serpent that lives in the water trough of pigs or horses (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tzuncoatl
Alonso de Molina: 

tzuncoatl. culebra que se cria enel agua de cerdas de cauallo, o de cosa semejante.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 154r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Snakes, Serpents
Water