KOEKOEA

Etymology

Noun

koekoea

(New Zealand) The long-tailed cuckoo, Eudynamys taitensis, which breeds in New Zealand and migrates to the islands of the western Pacific in the winter.

Source: Wiktionary



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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.

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