— Haustecan , adj.
/wahs"tek/ , n. , pl. Huastecs , ( esp. collectively ) Huastec for 1.
1. a member of an Indian people of Mexico.
2. a Mayan language, the language of the Huastecs.
[ 1835-45; huasteco huaxtecatl person from Huaxtlan, equiv. to huax ( in ) a tropical tree that produces edible pods + -tlan locative suffix, -tecatl suffix of ethnic names ]