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.
CYPRINOIDS
Noun
cyprinoids
plural of cyprinoid
Source: Wiktionary
CYPRINOID
Cyp"ri*noid (sp"r-noid), a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Like the carp (Cyprinus).
– n.
Definition: One of the Cyprinidae, or Carp family, as the goldfish, barbel, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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