In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TREMATODE
fluke, trematode, trematode worm
(noun) parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
trematode (plural trematodes)
(zoology) A parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda.
Synonyms
• fluke
• trematode worm
Source: Wiktionary
Trem"a*tode, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Trematodea. Also used adjectively.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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