The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
SCUTELLATION
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scutellation (plural scutellations)
(zoology) The entire covering or arrangement of scales, as on the legs and feet of a bird.
Source: Wiktionary
Scu`tel*la"tion, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: the entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on the legs and feet of a bird.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
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