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.
ARCHAEOPTERYX
archaeopteryx, archeopteryx, Archaeopteryx lithographica
(noun) extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
archaeopteryx (plural archaeopteryges)
Alternative spelling of archeopteryx
Source: Wiktionary
Ar`chæ*op"te*ryx, n. Etym: [Gr. (Paleon.)
Definition: A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebræ with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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