In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
NEMERTINA
Nemertea, phylum Nemertea, Nemertina, phylum Nemertina
(noun) proboscis worms
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Nem`er*ti"na, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Nemrtes.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocæla.
Note: The mouth is beneath the head, and the straight intestine at the posterior and. They have a very singular long tubular proboscis, which can be everted from a pore in the front of the head. Their nervous system and blood vessels are well developed. Some of the species become over one hundred feet long. They are mostly marine and seldom parasitic; a few inhabit fresh water. the two principal divisions are Anopla and Enopla.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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