Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PRICKLEBACK
stickleback, prickleback
(noun) small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
prickleback
(noun) small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Pric"kle*back`, Pric"kle*fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The stickleback.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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