The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
HAGFISH
hagfish, hag, slime eels
(noun) eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hagfish (countable and uncountable, plural hagfish or hagfishes)
Any of several primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather.
Synonyms
• borer
• hag
• myxinid
• myxinoid
• slime eel
Hypernyms
• cyclostome
Source: Wiktionary
Hag"fish`(-fish`),n.(Zoöl.)
Definition: See Hag, 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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