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.
UNDERWING
underwing
(noun) moth having dull forewings and brightly colored hind wings
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
underwing (plural underwings)
A hind wing on an insect.
A member of the genus Catocala, a nocturnal moth which usually has brightly coloured underwings.
(ornithology) The underside of a bird's wing.
Source: Wiktionary
Un"der*wing`, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the posterior wings of an insect.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of noctuid moths belonging to Catocala and allied genera, in which the hind wings are banded with red and black or other conspicuous colors. Many of the species are called red underwing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SPRINGBOARD
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
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