Huas•tec(wäs′tek),USA pronunciationn., pl.-tecs, (esp. collectively) -tec for 1.
Language Varietiesa member of an Indian people of Mexico.
a Mayan language, the language of the Huastecs.
Nahuatl huāxtēcatl person from Huāxtlān, equivalent. to huāx(in) a tropical tree that produces edible pods + -tlān locative suffix, -tēcatl suffix of ethnic names