An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
ZYGODACTYLOUS
Etymology
Adjective
zygodactylous (not comparable)
(ornithology) Having two toes pointing forward, and two toes pointing backward.
Synonyms
• zygodactyl
Source: Wiktionary
Zyg`o*dac"ty*lic, Zyg`o*dac"tyl*ous, a. Etym: [Gr. zygodactyle.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Yoke-footed; having the toes disposed in pairs; -- applied to birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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