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.
LUMBRICUSES
LUMBRICUS
Lum"bri*cus, n. Etym: [L. See Lumbric.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of annelids, belonging to the Oligochæta, and including the common earthworms. See Earthworm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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