You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
OSCINIAN
Os*cin"i*an, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Oscines, or singing birds.
Os*cin"i*an, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of dipterous files of the family Oscinidæ.
Note: Some, whose larvæ live in the stalks, are very destructive to barley, wheat, and rye; others, as the barley fly (Oscinis frit), destroy the heads of grain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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