Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
GAMBUSIA
Gambusia, genus Gambusia
(noun) mosquitofish
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
gambusia (plural gambusias)
Any of several live-bearing freshwater fish, of the genus Gambusia, that feed on the larva of mosquitos and are used to control them.
Source: Wiktionary
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ONCHOCERCIASIS
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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