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.
ZYGODACTYL
zygodactyl
(adjective) (of bird feet) having the first and fourth toes directed backward the second and third forward
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
zygodactyl (not comparable)
Having two toes pointing forward, and two pointing backward; zygodactylous.
Noun
zygodactyl (plural zygodactyls)
(ornithology) Any bird with toes of this kind, such as the parrot.
Source: Wiktionary
Zyg`o*dac"tyl, Zyg`o*dac"tyle, n. Etym: [See Zygodactylic.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any zygodactylous bird.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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