LIST: Animals whose names are made up of two other animals’ names, neither of which is in fact that animal

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1. Catfish

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   1. Ah, but a catfish is a fish. A bearcat is neither bear nor cat. My title is really confusing, grammatically. I probably could have been clearer. There are quite a few that are half-right: molerat, dogfish, etc. Maybe that will be my next list!

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2. Well, if you leave out “Maine,” a coon cat?

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3. Oh, right – coon cat doesn’t work, because it is a cat. Not a whole other thing….. Hmmm.

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