The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
FLATWORM
flatworm, platyhelminth
(noun) parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
flatworm (plural flatworms)
Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.
Synonym: plathelminth
Source: Wiktionary
Flat"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimes applied to the planarians.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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