cuatetere
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Mecayapan Nahuatl
Etymology
cuahuiꞌ (“tree”) + *tetere (“basilisk”). Cf. Spanish teterete.
Pronunciation
Noun
cuatetere
- a lizard of genus Basiliscus sp., most likely Basiliscus vittatus, brown basilisk)
References
Basiliscus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 34
