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.
HETERODACTYL
heterodactyl
(adjective) (of bird feet) having the first and second toes directed backward the third and fourth forward
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
heterodactyl (not comparable)
(zoology) heterodactylous
Source: Wiktionary
Het`er*o*dac"tyl, a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Heterodactylous.
– n.
Definition: One of the Heterodactylæ.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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