In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SNAILFISH
snailfish, seasnail, sea snail, Liparis liparis
(noun) small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
snailfish (plural snailfishes or snailfish)
Any member of the Liparidae, a family of scorpaeniform marine fish.
Synonyms
• seasnail
Source: Wiktionary
Snail"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: See Sea snail (a).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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