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.
MULLOID
Mul"loid, a. Etym: [NL. Mullus, generic name (fr. L. mullus surmullet) + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, which includes the surmullet, or red mullet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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