According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
SCOLEX
Etymology
Noun
scolex (plural scolices or scolexes)
(zoology) The structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host.
Source: Wiktionary
Sco"lex, n.; pl. Scoleces. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.) (a) The embryo produced directly from the egg in a metagenetic series, especially the larva of a tapeworm or other parasitic worm. See Illust. of Echinococcus. (b) One of the Scolecida.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BARGAIN
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