In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EXOPODITE
Noun
exopodite (plural exopodites)
(zoology) The external part of the uropod.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*op"o*dite, n. Etym: [Exo- + Gr. (Zoöl)
Definition: The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUNLIT
(adjective) lighted by sunlight; “the sunlit slopes of the canyon”; “violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges”- Wallace Stegner
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