Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
NAUTILOID
Etymology
Noun
nautiloid (plural nautiloids)
A mollusc resembling a nautilus; specifically, a cephalopod of the subclass Nautiloidea. [from 18th c.]
Adjective
nautiloid (comparative more nautiloid, superlative most nautiloid)
(zoology) Resembling a nautilus; pertaining to the subclass Nautiloidea. [from 19th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Nau"ti*loid, a. Etym: [Nautilus + -oid: cf. F. nautiloïde.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Like or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a nautilus shell.
– n.
Definition: A mollusk, or shell, of the genus Nautilus or family Nautilidæ.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INITIALISM
(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
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