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.
FROGMOUTHS
Noun
frogmouths
plural of frogmouth
Source: Wiktionary
FROGMOUTH
Frog"mouth`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of several species of Asiatic and East Indian birds of the genus Batrachostomus (family Podargidæ); -- so called from their very broad, flat bills.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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