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.
BOXFISH
boxfish, trunkfish
(noun) any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
boxfish (plural boxfishes or boxfish)
Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.
Certain species in Ostraciidae, principally in genus Ostracion.
Synonyms
• (both senses): cofferfishes
Coordinate terms
• (fish of the family Ostraciidae): cowfishes, trunkfishes, turretfish
Source: Wiktionary
Box"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The trunkfish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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