In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MALACOSTRACAN
Etymology
Noun
malacostracan (plural malacostracans)
(zoology) Any of very many crustaceans of the class Malacostraca
Source: Wiktionary
Mal`a*cos"tra*can, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Malacostraca.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) an intellectual hold or understanding; “a good grip on French history”; “they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities”; “he was in the grip of a powerful emotion”; “a terrible power had her in its grasp”
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