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.
ECHIURAN
Etymology
Noun
echiuran (plural echiurans)
Any annelid worm of the subclass Echiura, formerly considered to be its own phylum.
Synonym: spoon worm
Source: Wiktionary
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HYDRAULIC
(adjective) moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil); “hydraulic erosion”; “hydraulic brakes”
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