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.
SCAUP
scaup, scaup duck, bluebill, broadbill
(noun) diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scaup (plural scaups or scaup)
Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.
(Scotland) Alternative form of scalp; a bed or stratum of shellfish.
Anagrams
• A cups, CPUSA, Puacs, Pušća, caups, pacus, sac up
Source: Wiktionary
Scaup, n. Etym: [See Scalp a bed of oysters or mussels.]
1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A scaup duck. See below. Scaup duck (Zoöl.), any one of several species of northern ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult males are, in large part, black. The three North American species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var. nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill, blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and raft duck; the lesser scaup duck (A. affinis), called also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler; the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck (A. collaris), called also black jack, ringneck, ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of Ring-necked, under Ring- necked. The common European scaup, or mussel, duck (A.marila), closely resembles the American variety.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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