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.
PLECTOGNATHI
Plectognathi, order Plectognathi, order Tetraodontiformes
(noun) boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Plec*to"gna*thi, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary.
Note: The upper jaw is immovably joined to the skull; the ventral fins are rudimentary or wanting; and the body is covered with bony plates, spines, or small rough ossicles, like shagreen. The order includes the diodons, filefishes, globefishes, and trunkfishes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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