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.
VULTUROUS
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
vulturous (comparative more vulturous, superlative most vulturous)
Having the features of a vulture, especially in being rapacious, greedy, or scavenging.
Synonyms
• vulturelike
• vulturine
• vulturish
Source: Wiktionary
Vul"tur*ous, a.
Definition: Like a vulture; rapacious.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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