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.
SHELDUCK
shelduck
(noun) female sheldrake
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shelduck (plural shelducks or shelduck)
Any of various waterfowl of the genus Tadorna, native to Eurasia, Africa and Australasia.
Source: Wiktionary
Shel"duck`, n. Etym: [Sheld variegated + duck.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The sheldrake. [Written also shellduck.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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