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Webster 1913 Edition


Honeycomb

Hon′ey-combˊ

,
Noun.
[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.
2.
Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb.
Honeycomb moth
(Zool.)
,
the wax moth.
–
Honeycomb stomach
.
(Anat.)