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.
TIPULA
Etymology
Noun
tipula (plural tipulas or tipulae)
Any of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to Tipula and allied genera; a kind of crane fly.
Anagrams
• litupa
Source: Wiktionary
Tip"u*la, n.; pl. L. Tipulæ, E. Tipulas. Etym: [L., the water spider, or water spinner.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to Tipula and allied genera. They have long and slender bodies. See Crane fly, under Crane.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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