"centzontle" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-ncalif-cenzontle.ogg [Northern-California, US] Forms: centzontles [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cenzontle, from Classical Nahuatl centzontleh, shortened form of centzontlahtōleh (“mockingbird”, literally “possessor of four hundred words”), from centzontli (“four hundred, a count of four hundred”) + tlahtōlli (“language, word, statement”) + -eh (“possessor of”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|cenzontle}} Spanish cenzontle, {{der|en|nci|centzontleh}} Classical Nahuatl centzontleh Head templates: {{en-noun}} centzontle (plural centzontles)
  1. (rare) A mockingbird. Wikipedia link: Mockingbird Tags: rare Categories (lifeform): Mimids Synonyms: centzontlé, cenzontli, sensonte, sinsonte, sinsontle

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