centzontle
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centzontle noun: a mockingbird.
Noun
centzontle (plural centzontles)
- A mockingbird.
- 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.1961, Oscar Lewis, The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family
centzontle meaning in Tamil
centzontle in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்
Forms of centzontle
| plural | centzontles |
|---|---|
| alternative form | centzontlé |
| alternative form | cenzontli |
| alternative form | sensonte |
| alternative form | sinsonte |
| alternative form | sinsontle |
Origin of centzontle
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”).
Questions about centzontle
- What does centzontle mean?
- Centzontle means a mockingbird.
- What is centzontle in Tamil?
- Centzontle in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Centzontle meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is centzontle?
- Centzontle is a noun.
- What is the plural of centzontle?
- The plural of centzontle is centzontles.
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