In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PARVOVIRUS
parvovirus, parvo
(noun) any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
parvovirus (plural parvoviruses)
Any single-stranded DNA virus, of the genus Parvovirus, being the smallest found in nature; they infect only mammals other than humans.
Certain small viruses, not in genus Parvovirus, that infect humans.
Source: Wiktionary
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