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.
RAPTORES
Raptores, order Raptores
(noun) term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Rap*to"res, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Raptor.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Same as Accipitres. Called also Raptatores.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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