An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
PRICKLEBACK
stickleback, prickleback
(noun) small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
prickleback
(noun) small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Pric"kle*back`, Pric"kle*fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The stickleback.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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