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.
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Nereid
(noun) (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus
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nereides
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NEREID
Ne"re*id, n.; pl. E. Nereids, L. Nereides. Etym: [L. Nereis, -idis, gr. nara water, cf. Gr.
1. (Class. Myth.)
Definition: A sea nymph, one of the daughters of Nereus, who were attendants upon Neptune, and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes with the human form entire, and sometimes with the tail of a fish.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any species of Nereis. The word is sometimes used for similar annelids of other families.
NEREIS
Ne"re*is ( or ), n.; pl. Nereides. Etym: [L.]
1. (Class. Myth.)
Definition: A Nereid. See Nereid.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus, including numerous species, of marine chætopod annelids, having a well-formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antennæ, four pairs of tentacles, and a protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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