Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
THUNDERWORM
Thun"der*worm`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A small, footless, burrowing, snakelike lizard (Rhineura Floridana) allied to Amphisbæna, native of Florida; -- so called because it leaves its burrows after a thundershower.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
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