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.
NAUTILOIDS
Noun
nautiloids
plural of nautiloid
Source: Wiktionary
NAUTILOID
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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