Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
PERCIFORM
Adjective
perciform (comparative more perciform, superlative most perciform)
Of or pertaining to any of very many fish, of the order Perciformes, that have fin spines, a swim bladder without a duct, usually ctenoid scales, and 17 or fewer caudal fin rays.
Noun
perciform (plural perciforms)
Such a fish
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Source: Wiktionary
Per"ci*form, a. Etym: [NL., & L. perca a perch + -form.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Pertaining to the Perciformes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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