GONOPOD

Etymology

Noun

gonopod (plural gonopods)

(zoology) A pleopod that is specialized for fertilisation in the males of some decapods.

(entomology) A clasping structure, possibly also evolved from legs, at the tip of the abdomen of some male insects.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

10 March 2025

FABLED

(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend; “the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”; “legendary exploits of Jesse James”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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