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.
ENDOSKELETON
endoskeleton
(noun) the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
endoskeleton (plural endoskeletons)
(anatomy) The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage.
Source: Wiktionary
En`do*skel"e*ton, n. Etym: [Endo- + skeleton.] (Anat.)
Definition: The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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