ostracod (plural ostracods)
Any of many small crustaceans, of the class Ostracoda, that resemble a shrimp enclosed in a bivalve shell.
• (any species of Ostracoda): seed shrimp
• cat doors, cortados
Source: Wiktionary
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
