Headword:
hueihuitzilin.
Principal English Translation:
large hummingbird (see attestations)
Orthographic Variants:
hoeihoitzitzilin
Attestations from sources in English:
Eugene Hunn says there might be "several possible referents" for this bird (personal communication, 21 April 2024). Chris Carlson brought it to our attention. The orthography for this bird name has been normalized from the way it appears in Franciscus Hernández, "Historiae animalivm et mineralivm Novae Hispaniae” (https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN473544997).
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