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.
CUCKOOED
Verb
cuckooed
simple past tense and past participle of cuckoo
Source: Wiktionary
CUCKOO
Cuck"oo (kk"), n. Etym: [OE. coccou, cukkow, F. coucou, prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. cuculus, Gr. k, G. kuckuk, D. koekoek.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species.
Note: The European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) builds no nest of its own, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them. The American yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus Americanus) and the black-billed cuckoo (C. erythrophthalmus) build their own nests. Cuckoo bee (Zool.), a bee, parasitic in the larval stage in the nests of other bees, feeding either upon their food or larvae. They belong to the genera Nomada, Melecta, Epeolus, and others.
– Cuckoo clock, a clock so constructed that at the time for striking it gives forth sounds resembling the cry of the cuckoo.
РCuckoo dove (Zo̦l.), a long-tailed pigeon of the genus Macropygia. Many species inhabit the East Indies.
РCuckoo fish (Zo̦l.), the European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus). The name probably alludes to the sound that it utters.
РCuckoo falcon (Zo̦l.), any falcon of the genus Baza. The genus inhabits Africa and the East Indies.
РCuckoo maid (Zo̦l.), the wryneck; -- called also cuckoo mate.
РCuckoo ray (Zo̦l.), a British ray (Raia miraletus).
РCuckoo spit, or Cuckoo spittle. (a) A frothy secretion found upon plants, exuded by the larvae of certain insects, for concealment; -- called also toad spittle and frog spit. (b) (Zo̦l.) A small hemipterous insect, the larva of which, living on grass and the leaves of plants, exudes this secretion. The insects belong to Aphrophora, Helochara, and allied genera.
– Ground cuckoo, the chaparral cock.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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