Coffee has initially been a food â 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.
ALTRICIAL
altricial
(adjective) (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From modern Latin Altrices (a former division of birds), plural of altrix, the feminine of altor ânourisherâ, from alere ânourishâ.
Adjective
altricial (comparative more altricial, superlative most altricial)
(zoology) Helpless at birth (of young animals); or having young which are helpless at birth.
Synonyms
• nidicolous
Noun
altricial (plural altricials)
Such an animal
Source: Wiktionary
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BODILY
(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; âbodily needsâ; âa corporal defectâ; âcorporeal sufferingâ; âa somatic symptom or somatic illnessâ
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