aneneztli

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

aneneztli (plural aneneztin)

1. Dragonfly larva.
   • c. 1609, Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 26r

     yhuan ye quixinachohua yn mimichtin. yn cueyame. yn axollome. yn acociltin. aneneztin. ahuihuitlame yn axaxayacatl. yn quatecomatl. yoyolli.
     (And fish now bred, and frogs, salamanders, crayfish, dragonfly larvae, swamp worms, winged water insects, [other] insects)

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References

• Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 80–81
• Wimmer, Alexis (2006) “Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl classique”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 November 2007