Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
VENTRICULUS
gizzard, ventriculus, gastric mill
(noun) thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ventriculus (plural ventriculi)
A digestive cavity or stomach.
Source: Wiktionary
Ven*tric"u*lus, n.; pl. Ventriculi. Etym: [L., belly, dim. fr. venter belly.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of the stomachs of certain insects. (b) The body cavity of a sponge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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