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xohuil.

Headword: 
xohuil.
Principal English Translation: 

catfish (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
ʃowil
Frances Karttunen: 

XOHUIL-IN pl: -MEH catfish / pescado de a palmo que parece trucha (M), badre, bagre (X) [(3)Xp.104].
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 330.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.