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.
BOWHEAD
bowhead, bowhead whale, Greenland whale, Balaena mysticetus
(noun) large-mouthed Arctic whale
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bowhead (plural bowheads)
A large whale, Balaena mysticetus, having a large, rounded head, that inhabits Arctic waters.
Synonyms
• bowhead whale, Greenland right whale, Arctic whale, steeple-top, polar whale, Russian whale
Source: Wiktionary
Bow"head`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balæna mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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