hoitzitzillin
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huitzitzilin.
Noun
hoitzitzillin f (indeclinable)
- (New Latin) Hummingbird.
- 1651, Hernández, Francisco, “De Hoitzitzillin Tepuzcullulæ”, in Historiae animalium et mineralium Novae Hispaniae, Romae: Ex Typographeio Vitalis Mascardi, tract. II, cap. CLXIV, page 47:
- SPecies quædam eſt Hoitzitzillin pulcherrima
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