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.
NATES
buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; “he deserves a good kick in the butt”; “are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nates pl (plural only)
(anatomy, medicine) The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.
The buttocks.
(zoology) The umbones of a bivalve shell.
Anagrams
• Antes, Teans, Tenas, antes, etnas, neats, netas, senat, stane, stean
Source: Wiktionary
Na"tes, n. pl. Etym: [L., the buttocks.]
1. (Anat.) (a) The buttocks. (b) The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The umbones of a bivalve shell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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