In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
ACTINOPOD
actinopod
(noun) protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
actinopod (plural actinopods)
(zoology) Any member of the variously ranked group Actinopoda of protozoa.
Source: Wiktionary
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MEGACOLON
(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)
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