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wrongly named

adjective as in so-called

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But now men of science, who study birds, do not think that is true, and believe the Nuthatches to be wrongly named.

I am disposed to say that some of the confusion may have resulted from specimens being wrongly named.

The Sparrow Hawk has been wrongly named, for it eats a thousand times as many grasshoppers as it does sparrows.

The modern "lead-pencil" is wrongly named, being made of graphite, which is pure carbon.

Is it possible that there are so many things in the world that have been wrongly named?

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