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.
SYNENTOGNATHI
Synentognathi, order Synentognathi
(noun) order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Syn`en*tog"na*thi, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: An order of fishes, resembling the Physoclisti, without spines in the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins. It includes the true flying fishes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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