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cenzontli

cenzontli is the alternative spelling of centzontle.

Meaning of centzontle

Noun

centzontle (plural centzontles)

  1. (rare) 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

Forms of cenzontli

pluralcenzontlis

Questions about cenzontli

What is cenzontli the alternative spelling of?
Cenzontli is the alternative spelling of centzontle.

Words near cenzontli in the dictionary

  1. centzontle
  2. centzontles
  3. centzontlé
  4. centésimo
  5. centésimos
  6. cenzontli
  7. ceo
  8. CEOed
  9. CEOing
  10. ceolin
  11. CEOP

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cenzontli (page history and authors); centzontle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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