tzopotl?

[David L. Frye]

> You might be thinking of this word: tzapo

In English this is 'sapodilla,' though I think the Spanish 'zapote' is
gaining ground. Also the origin of 'Zapotec' (Spanish Zapoteco from
Nahuatl tzapotecah; pl. of tzapotecatl [person from Tzapotlan] from
Tzapotlan [place name] tzapotl [sapodilla] tlan [place]).


But I wonder if you aren't thinking of the word for 'buzzard' -- zopilote
in Mexican Spanish, probably tzopilotl in Nahuatl?