HONEYCOMB

honeycomb. Honeycomb, a. full of little cavities, or cells

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Hon″ey‐comb′ (?), n. [[AS. hunigcamb. See Honey, and 1st Comb.]] 1. 1. A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs.
2. 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 (Zoöl.), the wax moth. — Honeycomb stomach. (Anat.) See Reticulum.