In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Gambusia, genus Gambusia
(noun) mosquitofish
Source: WordNet® 3.1
From the genus name.
gambusia (plural gambusias)
Any of several live-bearing freshwater fish, of the genus Gambusia, that feed on the larva of mosquitos and are used to control them.
Source: Wiktionary
14 June 2025
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.