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.
ESTROUS
estrous
(adjective) (of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat; “the estrous state”; “the estrous cycle”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Alternative form
• oestrous
Adjective
estrous
Of, pertaining to, or in a state of estrus.
Synonyms
• estral / oestral
Anagrams
• Souters, Strouse, oestrus, ousters, rousest, sestuor, sourest, souters, toruses, tousers, trouses, trousse, tussore, œstrus
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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