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cuahuinenetzin.

Headword: 
cuahuinenetzin.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of insect, possibly the walking stick (Aplopus mayeri) (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhinenetzin
IPAspelling: 
kwɑwinenetsin
Frances Karttunen: 

CUAHUINENETZIN a type of insect, possibly the walking stick (Aplopus mayeri) / palillo (insecto) (T) [(1)Tp.188]. This appears to have CUAHU(I)-TL ‘wood’ and NENE-TL ‘image’ as constituent elements.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 58.

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