I'm not sure it's a convincing rebuttal, the examples shown all seem to have some visible commonality.

Eg. "Apoploe vesrreaitais" Could refer to something along the lines of a "fan / wedge" or "wing-like"

If you look at the examples of cheese, when compared to the "birds and cheese" the cheese tends to be laid out in a fan like pattern and shaped in sharp angled wedges.