“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
PEARLFISH
pearlfish, pearl-fish
(noun) found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Pearl"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INDEXATION
(noun) a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation
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