Meaning of centzontle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A mockingbird.
   rare
2. Alternative spelling of centzontle.
   alt-of, alternative, rare

Examples

“He had bought young centzontles and it was Roberto's and Manuel's job to whistle at them until they learned to sing⟳. But the birds picked at the cane and made an opening through which a dozen and a half escaped.”

“Both wept aloud, their voices being audible to the centzontlé, on a neighbouring tree—that catching up the mournful tones repeated them to the ear of night.”

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