Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
ENTOMOSTRACA
Entomostraca, subclass Entomostraca
(noun) in some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in technical use
Source: WordNet® 3.1
En`to*mos"tra*ca, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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