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.
WRYBILL
Etymology
Noun
wrybill (plural wrybills)
Anarhynchus frontalis, a species of small bird in the plover family Charadriidae, unique in having a beak that is bent sideways, endemic to New Zealand.
Synonyms
• ngutuparore
Source: Wiktionary
Wry"bill`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: See Crookbill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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