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.
PYGOSTYLE
Etymology
Noun
pygostyle (plural pygostyles)
The plate supporting the tail-feathers in birds, formed from fused vertebrae.
Synonyms: parson's nose, ploughshare bone, pope's nose, sultan's nose
Source: Wiktionary
Py"go*style, n. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)
Definition: The plate of bone which forms the posterior end of the vertebral column in most birds; the plowshare bone; the vomer. It is formed by the union of a number of the last caudal vertebræ, and supports the uropigium.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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