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.
MOUFLON
mouflon, moufflon, Ovis musimon
(noun) wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mouflon (plural mouflons)
A species of wild sheep, Ovis orientalis musimon, syn. Ovis aries musimon, endemic to Sardinia and Corsica. [from c. 1770]
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Source: Wiktionary
Mouf"lon, n. Etym: [F. mouflon.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A wild sheep (Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon or musmon. [Written also moufflon.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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