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.
THORNBIRD
Etymology
Noun
thornbird (plural thornbirds)
A small South American bird (Anumbius annumbi) that builds a large and complex nest of twigs and thorns.
Synonyms
• firewood-gatherer
Anagrams
• thirdborn
Source: Wiktionary
Thorn"bird`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A small South American bird (Anumbius anumbii) allied to the ovenbirds of the genus Furnarius). It builds a very large and complex nest of twigs and thorns in a bush or tree.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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