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.
SPAROIDS
Noun
sparoids
plural of sparoid
Source: Wiktionary
SPAROID
Spa"roid, a. Etym: [L. sparus the gilthead + -oid: cf. F. sparoïde.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: of or pertaining to the Sparidæ, a family of spinous-finned fishes which includes the scup, sheepshead, and sea bream.
– n.
Definition: One of the Sparidæ.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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