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.
AXOLOTL
axolotl, mud puppy, Ambystoma mexicanum
(noun) larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
axolotl (plural axolotls)
A critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum.
Synonyms
• (amphibian): Mexican salamander, Mexican walking fish
Source: Wiktionary
Ax"o*lotl, n. Etym: [The native name.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon.
Note: When it breeds in captivity the young develop into true salamanders of the genus Amblystoma. This also occurs naturally under favorable conditions, in its native localities; although it commonly lives and breeds in a larval state, with persistent external gills. See Siredon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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