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.
QUADRUPED
quadrupedal, quadruped, four-footed
(adjective) having four feet
quadruped
(noun) an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
quadruped (plural quadrupeds)
a four-footed or four-legged animal
a mammal ambulating on all fours
Synonyms
• tetrapod
Source: Wiktionary
Quad"ru*ped, a. Etym: [L. quadrupes, -pedis; quattuor four + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. quadrupède. See Quadrate, and Foot.]
Definition: Having four feet.
Quad"ru*ped, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; -- often restricted to the mammals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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