Black-eyed peas are not peas. They are beans.

The flying fox is not a fox - it is a bat.

Catgut string does not come from a cat - it is from a sheep's intestines.

The kangaroo rat is not a rat - it is a gopher.

The silkworm is not a worm - it is a caterpillar.

Blackboard chalk is not chalk - it is plaster of Paris.

The pineapple is a berry.

St. Patrick was born in Britain.

A prairie dog is not a dog - it's a rodent.

A horned toad is a lizard.

 

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