Unexpected valid CSS

ody, td, th {
font-family : Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size : x-small;
color : #333333;
}

The above code in http://www.iconsfestival.com/ validates. My expectation is 
that it would fail because "ody" is not a recognized tag. Is this a bug in 
the validator or in my understanding of what is valid?

R. W. Crowl