deceptive animal names
- a titmouse is a bird
- a prairie dog is a rodent
- a fisher cat is a weasel
- a walking stick is an insect
- a geoduck is a mollusk
- a sea horse is… hold on here, wtf is a sea horse?
anywaysies: i invite you to add to this list as you encounter other deceptive animal names throughout your life. a groundrule: animals with half-deceptive/half-straightforward names like bird dogs, catfish, and trouser snakes are not of interest to me (with regard to this particular pursuit).
marginally related: deceptively named pennsylvania colleges.
