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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