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.
FURCULA
furcula
(noun) a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
furcula (plural furculae or furculæ)
(anatomy) A forked process or structure, generally two-pronged.
(ornithology) The forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles in birds, the wishbone or merrythought.
(entomology) The (two-pronged) forked, somewhat tail-like organ held bent forward and secured by a catch beneath most species of Collembola (springtails), with which they jump by releasing the catch abruptly when alarmed.
Source: Wiktionary
Fur"cu*la, n. Etym: [L., a forked prop, dim. of furca a fork.] (Anat.)
Definition: A forked process; the wishbone or furculum.
FURCULUM
Fur"cu*lum, n. Etym: [NL., dim. of L. furca a fork.] (Anat.)
Definition: The wishbone or merrythought of birds, formed by the united clavicles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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