PAUROPODA

Pauropoda, class Pauropoda

(noun) an obscure class of minute arthropods with branched antennae and 8 to 10 pairs of legs

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Pau*rop"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. -poda.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: An order of small myriapods having only nine pairs of legs and destitute of tracheæ.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SQUARE

(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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