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.
ACCIPITER
Accipiter, genus Accipiter
(noun) type genus of the family Accipitridae
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
accipiter (plural accipiters)
(ornithology) Any hawk of the genus Accipiter.
(medical, surgery) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*cip"i*ter, n.; pl. E. Accipiters. L. Accipitres. Etym: [L., hawk.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.
2. (Surg.)
Definition: A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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