AVICULTURE

Etymology

Noun

aviculture (uncountable)

The rearing and care of birds (especially poultry)

Source: Wiktionary


A"vi*cul`ture, n. Etym: [L. avis bird + cultura culture.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: Rearing and care of birds.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

30 June 2025

BODILY

(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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