In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BRACHYURA
Brachyura, suborder Brachyura
(noun) an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Brach`y*u"ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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