ASTEROLEPIS

As`te*rol"e*pis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)

Definition: A genus of fishes, some of which were eighteen or twenty feet long, found in a fossil state in the Old Red Sandstone. Hugh Miller.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

21 February 2025

RESTORATION

(noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; “the restoration looked exactly like the original”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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