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.
KABELJOU
Etymology
Noun
kabeljou (plural kabeljous)
(South Africa) A type of fish from southern Africa, Argyrosomus coronus.
Synonyms
• dusky kob
• giant kob (occasionally spelled cob), not to be confused with the squaretail kob (Argyrosomus thorpei)
• daga salmon
Source: Wiktionary
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