The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
BIGEYES
Noun
bigeyes
plural of bigeye
Source: Wiktionary
BIGEYE
Big"eye`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A fish of the genus Priacanthus, remarkable for the large size of the eye.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CLINGFISH
(noun) very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.
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