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.
MONOTREME
monotreme, egg-laying mammal
(noun) the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
monotreme (plural monotremes)
(zoology) a mammal that lays eggs and has a single urogenital and digestive orifice. Only the echidnas and platypuses are included in this group
Adjective
monotreme (not comparable)
(palynology, of a pollen grain) Having a single trema, or aperture.
Synonyms: 1-treme, monoaperturate
Anagrams
• metronome, monometer, nomotreme
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"o*treme, n. Etym: [Cf. F. monotrème.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Monotremata.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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