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.
VULTURINE
predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous
(adjective) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; “a predatory bird”; “the rapacious wolf”; “raptorial birds”; “ravening wolves”; “a vulturine taste for offal”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
vulturine (comparative more vulturine, superlative most vulturine)
Pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures.
Predaceous.
Synonyms
• vulturelike
• vulturish
• vulturous
Source: Wiktionary
Vul"tur*ine, a. Etym: [L. vulturinus.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling a vulture in qualities or looks; as, the vulturine sea eagle (Gypohierax Angolensis); vulturine rapacity. The vulturine nose, which smells nothing but corruption, is no credit to its possessor. C. Kingsley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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