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.
EEL
eel
(noun) voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
eel
(noun) the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
eel (plural eels)
Any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.
The European eel, Anguilla anguilla.
Verb
eel (third-person singular simple present eels, present participle eeling, simple past and past participle eeled)
To fish for eels.
To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel.
Anagrams
• ELE, Lee, l'ee, lee
Source: Wiktionary
Eel, n. Etym: [AS. ; akin to D., G., & Dan. aal, Icel. all, Sw. ål.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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