Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
OPOSSUMS
Noun
opossums
plural of opossum
Source: Wiktionary
OPOSSUM
O*pos"sum, n. Etym: [Of N. American Indian origin.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes. The common species of the United States is Didelphys Virginiana.
Note: Several related species are found in South America. The water opossum of Brazil (Chironectes variegatus), which has the hind feet, webbed, is provided with a marsupial pouch and with cheek pouches. It is called also yapock. Opossum mouse. (Zoöl.) See Flying mouse, under Flying.
РOpossum shrimp (Zo̦l.), any schizopod crustacean of the genus Mysis and allied genera. See Schizopoda.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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