Thread:User talk:CodeCat/Autocannons are not machine guns/reply (10)

I'm not sure. I'm fairly certain that there are other examples where a more generic term is widely used to refer to a more specific term, to the point where using the specific term is thought of as overspecifying. "computer" is another example; most people use it specifically for a desktop personal computer. An egg is assumed to be from a chicken, and milk is assumed to come from a cow. Maybe this should be brought up at the Tea Room as there may be an existing practice concerning cases like this already.