cuautuza
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Highland Puebla Nahuatl cuautu̱san (“a kind of gopher [?]”). See also tuza (“gopher”), taltuza (“gopher”).
Noun edit
cuautuza f (plural cuautuzas)
- agouti (Dasyprocta sp.)
- lowland paca (Cuniculus paca)
References edit
- Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna[1], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 583