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.
HYRAX
hyrax, coney, cony, dassie, das
(noun) any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hyrax (plural hyraxes or hyraces)
Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and fang-like incisors, native to Africa and the Middle East.
Synonyms
• (small paenungulates): coney, dassie
Hyponyms
• (small paenungulates): klipdachs, rock hyrax, tree hyrax, bush hyrax
Source: Wiktionary
Hy"rax, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman (H. Syriacus) of Palestine, and the klipdas (H. capensis) of South Africa. Other species are H. arboreus and H. Sylvestris, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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