Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
acanthocephalan, spiny-headed worm
(noun) any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines
Source: WordNet® 3.1
acanthocephalan (plural acanthocephalans)
Any of parasitic intestinal worms comprising the phylum Acanthocephala. [First attested late 19th c.]
• (any species of Acanthocephala): spiny-headed worm, thorny-headed worm
acanthocephalan
In a manner similar to Acanthocephala. [First attested late 19th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
28 March 2023
(verb) close or secure with or as if with a stopper; “She stoppered the wine bottle”; “The mothers stoppered their babies’ mouths with pacifiers”
Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.