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.
INTERRENAL
Etymology
Adjective
interrenal (not comparable)
(anatomy) Between the kidneys.
Noun
interrenal (plural interrenals)
(anatomy) The interrenal body, an organ found in many fishes.
Source: Wiktionary
In`ter*re"nal, a. (Anat.)
Definition: Between the kidneys; as, the interrenal body, an organ found in many fishes.
– n.
Definition: The interrenal body.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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