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.
HAWKMOTH
hawkmoth, hawk moth, sphingid, sphinx moth, hummingbird moth
(noun) any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hawkmoth (plural hawkmoths)
(entomology) Any of several moths, of the family Sphingidae, that hover over flowers when sucking nectar through a long proboscis.
Source: Wiktionary
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