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Honeycomb moth

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.

  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 (Zo["o]l.), the wax moth.

    Honeycomb stomach. (Anat.) See Reticulum.