CIRRIGRADE

Adjective

cirrigrade (not comparable)

(zoology) moved or moving by means of cirri

Source: Wiktionary


Cir"ri*grade, a. Etym: [Cirrus + L. gradi to walk.] (Biol.)

Definition: Moving or moved by cirri, or hairlike appendages.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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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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