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.
HORSEFLIES
Noun
horseflies
plural of horsefly
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Source: Wiktionary
HORSEFLY
Horse"fly`, n.; pl. Horseflies (.
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidæ, that stings horses, and sucks their blood.
Note: Of these flies there are numerous species, both in Europe and America. They have a large proboscis with four sharp lancets for piercing the skin. Called also breeze fly. See Illust. under Diptera, and Breeze fly.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The horse tick or forest fly (Hippobosca).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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