cuautuza

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Highland Puebla Nahuatl cuautu̱san (“a kind of gopher [?]”). See also tuza (“gopher”), taltuza (“gopher”).

Noun

cuautuza f (plural cuautuzas)

1. agouti (Dasyprocta sp.)
2. lowland paca (Cuniculus paca)

References

• Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎^[1], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 583