hoitzitzillin

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huitzitzilin.

Noun

hoitzitzillin f (indeclinable)

1. (New Latin) Hummingbird.
   • 1651, Francisco Hernández, “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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