In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MICROPTEROUS
Etymology
Adjective
micropterous (comparative more micropterous, superlative most micropterous)
(entomology) Having small, sometimes merely vestigial, wings.
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INVASION
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