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.
EGGAR
eggar, egger
(noun) moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
eggar (plural eggars)
Any moth of the family Lasiocampidae.
Synonyms
• (moth in Lasiocampidae family): lappet moth, snout moth
Anagrams
• Gager, Garge, Grega, agger, gager, regag
Source: Wiktionary
Eg"gar, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any bombycid moth of the genera Eriogaster and Lasiocampa; as, the oak eggar (L. roboris) of Europe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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