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.
ALIPED
Etymology
Noun
aliped (plural alipeds)
(zoology) A wing-footed animal; a chiropter or a bat.
Adjective
aliped (not comparable)
(zoology) Wing-footed; having a membrane connecting the digits.
Anagrams
• Pleiad, elapid, pedial, plaide, pleiad
Source: Wiktionary
Al"i*ped, a. Etym: [L. alipes; ala wing + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. alipède.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Wing-footed, as the bat.
– n.
Definition: An animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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