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.
SAWFISHES
SAWFISH
sawfish
(noun) primitive ray with sharp teeth on each edge of a long flattened snout
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
sawfishes
plural of sawfish
Source: Wiktionary
SAWFISH
Saw"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of several species of elasmobranch fishes of the genus Pristis. They have a sharklike form, but are more nearly allied to the rays. The flattened and much elongated snout has a row of stout toothlike structures inserted along each edge, forming a sawlike organ with which it mutilates or kills its prey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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