According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
TROCHILUS
Etymology
Noun
trochilus (plural trochiluses or trochili)
(zoology) Any member of the hummingbird genus Trochilus.
(architecture) An annular moulding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley; a scotia.
Source: Wiktionary
Troch"i*lus, n.; pl. Trochili. Etym: [L.trochilus a kind of small bird. Gr. to run.]
1. (Zoöl.) (a) A genus of humming birds. It Formerly included all the known species. (b) Any one of several species of wrens and kinglets. [Obs.] (c) The crocodile bird.
2. (Arch.)
Definition: An annular molding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley; -- called also scotia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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