In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
SPIRULA
spirula, Spirula peronii
(noun) a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
spirula (plural spirulas)
Any mollusk of the cephalopod genus Spirula, of which Spirula spirula is the only extant species.
Synonyms
• (Spirual): little post horn squid, ram's horn squid, tail-light squid
Anagrams
• parulis, uprisal
Source: Wiktionary
Spir"u*la, n. Etym: [NL., dim. of L. spira a coil.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal, siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which are not in contact.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
21 April 2025
ENCYCLOPEDIA
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
Coffee Trivia
