An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
TEREBRA
Etymology
Noun
terebra (plural terebras or terebrae)
The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.
(historical) An Ancient Roman engine for making a breach in a wall.
Source: Wiktionary
Ter"e*bra, n.; pl. E. Terebras, L. Terebræ. Etym: [L., a borer.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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