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.
MEGATHERE
Etymology
Noun
megathere (plural megatheres)
An extinct, gigantic, ground sloth (genus Megatherium) that flourished in South America during the Pleistocene epoch.
Source: Wiktionary
Meg"a*there, Meg`a*the"ri*um, n. Etym: [NL. megatherium, fr. Gr. me`gas great + thyri`on beast.] (Paleon.)
Definition: An extinct gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the ant-eaters and sloths. Its remains are found in South America.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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