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.
TARSIER
tarsier
(noun) nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tarsier (plural tarsiers)
An insectivorous primate of the family Tarsiidae, having very large eyes and long feet, native mainly to several islands of Southeast Asia.
Anagrams
• 'Arriets, artsier, serrati, starier, tarries
Source: Wiktionary
Tar"si*er, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tarsier.]
Definition: See Tarsius.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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