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.
QUINNAT
Etymology
Noun
quinnat (plural quinnat or quinnats)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, the chinook salmon.
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Source: Wiktionary
Quin"nat, n. Etym: [From the native name.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); -- called also chouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial importance. [Written also quinnet.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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