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I know that Mylar, Inconel and Velcro are real, so it's a toss-up between Dacron and Clyno.
After consulting an online source, I vote that Clyno is the imposter.
I have only heard some old-fashioned sailors and marketing people call it Dacron, everybody else has settled on polyester