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.
BANDICOOT
bandicoot
(noun) any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bandicoot (plural bandicoots)
A small Australian marsupial with a distinctive long snout, of the family Peramelidae.
Any of several rat-like rodents of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia of southeast Asia.
Verb
bandicoot (third-person singular simple present bandicoots, present participle bandicooting, simple past and past participle bandicooted)
(AU, informal) To steal growing vegetables from a garden.
Source: Wiktionary
Ban"di*coot, n. Etym: [A corruption of the native name.] (Zoöl.) (a) A species of very large rat (Mus giganteus), found in India and Ceylon. It does much injury to rice fields and gardens. (b) A ratlike marsupial animal (genus Perameles) of several species, found in Australia and Tasmania.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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