Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
ECTOTHERM
poikilotherm, ectotherm
(noun) an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals
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Etymology
Noun
ectotherm (plural ectotherms)
(biology) An animal, such as an amphibian, fish, reptile, or arthropod, which has a limited ability to regulate its body temperature and whose body temperature thus depends on the ambient temperature.
Source: Wiktionary
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ANOMALY
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
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