STREPITORES

Strep`i*to"res, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. strepitus clamor.] (Zoƶl.)

Definition: A division of birds, including the clamatorial and picarian birds, which do not have well developed singing organs.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

7 July 2024

SECURE

(adjective) free from danger or risk; ā€œsecure from harmā€; ā€œhis fortune was secureā€; ā€œmade a secure place for himself in his fieldā€


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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