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.
DREISSENA
Dreissena, genus Dreissena
(noun) zebra mussels
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Dreis"se*na, n. Etym: [NL. Named after Dreyssen, a Belgian physician.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of bivalve shells of which one species (D. polymorpha) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh waters of Europe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUPERFETATION
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