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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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