The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Honeycomb \Hon"ey*comb`\, n. [AS. hunigcamb. See Honey, and
1st Comb.]
1. A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used
by them to hold their honey and their eggs.
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2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten
wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a
honeycomb.
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Honeycomb moth (Zool.), the wax moth.
Honeycomb stomach. (Anat.) See Reticulum.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reticulum \Re*tic"u*lum\, n.;pl. Reticula. [L. dim. of rete a
net.] (Anat.)
(a) The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the
mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the
honeycomb stomach.
(b) The neuroglia.
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