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.
COTTOID
Etymology
Adjective
cottoid (comparative more cottoid, superlative most cottoid)
(zoology) Like a fish of the genus Cottus.
Noun
cottoid (plural cottoids)
(zoology) A fish belonging to, or resembling, the genus Cottus.
Source: Wiktionary
Cot"toid (kt"toid), a. Etym: [NL. cottus sculpin + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Like a fish of the genus Cottus.
– n.
Definition: A fish belonging to, or resembling, the genus Cottus. See Sculpin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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