In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PEDICULUS
Pediculus, genus Pediculus
(noun) type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
pediculus (plural pediculi)
A louse (of the family Pediculidae), especially Pediculus humanus.
Source: Wiktionary
Pe*dic"u*lus, n.; pl. Pediculi. Etym: [L., a louse.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common lice of man. See Louse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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