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.
OPERCULAR
Adjective
opercular (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to the operculum.
Noun
opercular (plural operculars)
(anatomy) The principal opercular bone or operculum of fishes.
Anagrams
• preocular
Source: Wiktionary
O*per"cu*lar, a.
Definition: Of, pertaining to, or like, an operculum.
O*per"cu*lar, n. (Anat.)
Definition: The principal opercular bone or operculum of fishes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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