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.
BOATBILL
boatbill, boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius
(noun) tropical American heron related to night herons
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
boatbill (plural boatbills)
A form of heron, Cochlearius cochlearius, native to Central and South America
Either of two species of passerine birds in the genus Machaerirhynchus
Source: Wiktionary
Boat"bill` (, n. (Zoöl.)
1. A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.
2. A perching bird of India, of the genus Eurylaimus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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