In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
SCARABAEOID
Adjective
scarabaeoid (not comparable)
Resembling a scarab.
(jewelry, archaeology) Resembling a scarab in form, but without being made to look like a beetle.
(obsolete, entomology) Of or pertaining to beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.
(entomology) Of or pertaining to beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.
Noun
scarabaeoid (plural scarabaeoids)
Any beetle of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Source: Wiktionary
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