In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HYMENOPTERAN
Etymology
Noun
hymenopteran (plural hymenopterans)
(entomology) Any insect of the order Hymenoptera: the bees, wasps and ants etc.
Adjective
hymenopteran (not comparable)
(entomology) Relating to or denoting hymenopterans.
Source: Wiktionary
Hy`me*nop"ter*an, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Hymenoptera.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SPRINGBOARD
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
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