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.
SILURUS
Silurus, genus Silurus
(noun) type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Si*lu"rus, n. Etym: [L. See Silure.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of large malacopterygious fishes of the order Siluroidei. They inhabit the inland waters of Europe and Asia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INSIGNIFICANTLY
(adverb) not to a significant degree or amount; “our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts”
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