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.
GOOSEFISH
goosefish, angler, anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus
(noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
goosefish (plural goosefishes or goosefish)
An anglerfish of the family Lophiidae.
Source: Wiktionary
Goose"fish`, n. (Zöll.)
Definition: See Angler.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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