Mistled

Ever heard of a missile thrush? No, neither have I.

But in America they call a missile a mistle , which makes the idea of a mistle thrush sound a bit more worrying than just, say, a dive-bombing seagull. So I wondered: as they pronounce missile as mistle, do they render mistle as missile, just to avoid confusion?

And if a missile is a mistle, what is mistletoe? Maybe something you get when you drop a warhead on your foot.