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.
PERCOIDS
Noun
percoids
plural of percoid
Anagrams
• predisco
Source: Wiktionary
PERCOID
Per"coid, a. Etym: [L. perca a perch + -oid: cf. F. percoïde.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percidæ.
– n.
Definition: Any fish of the genus Perca, or allied genera of the family Percidæ.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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