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“Well, we’re not the only ones whose names are made by sticking
‘horse’ onto another word.” The seahorse seemed baffled by this
phenomenon. “Consider the clotheshorse: Like you, it has four
legs—but resembles a real quadruped even less.”
“And look at the hobbyhorse,” replied the sawhorse. “No legs at all.
Just a head on a stick.”