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.
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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