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.
MANDIBLE
Etymology
Noun
mandible (plural mandibles)
The lower jaw, especially the lower jawbone.
One of a pair of mouthparts of an arthropod, designed for holding and cutting food.
Synonyms
• (lower jaw): dentary, dentary bone, inferior maxillary bone, jawbone, submaxilla
Source: Wiktionary
Man"di*ble, n. Etym: [L. mandibula, mandibulum, fr. mandere to chew. Cf. Manger.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw in the beak of birds.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The anterior pair of mouth organs of insects, crustaceaus, and related animals, whether adapted for biting or not. See Illust. of Diptera.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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