FLOSCULARIAN

Flos`cu*la"ri*an, n. Etym: [From L. flosculus a floweret.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of a group of stalked rotifers, having ciliated tentacles around the lobed disk.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

23 September 2024

CLEAN

(adjective) free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; “he landed a clean left on his opponent’s cheek”; “a clean throw”; “the neat exactness of the surgeon’s knife”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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