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.
GARGANEY
garganey, Anas querquedula
(noun) small Eurasian teal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
garganey (plural garganeys)
A small dabbling duck, Anas querquedula, that breeds in much of Europe and western Asia, and winters in Africa.
Source: Wiktionary
Gar"ga*ney, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A small European duck (Anas querquedula); -- called also cricket teal, and summer teal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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