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.
SURFBIRD
surfbird, Aphriza virgata
(noun) sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
surfbird (plural surfbirds)
A small sandpiper, Aphriza virgata, endemic to the northwestern parts of North America.
Source: Wiktionary
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ERASE
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
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