Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ABRANCHIATE
abranchiate, abranchial, abranchious, gill-less
(adjective) having no gills
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
abranchiate (not comparable)
(zoology) Without gills.
Synonyms
• abranchial, abranchious, debranchiate
Noun
abranchiate (plural abranchiates)
(zoology) An organism that does not have gills.
Anagrams
• antebrachia
Source: Wiktionary
A*bran"chi*ate, a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Without gills.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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