honeycomb moth

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honeycomb moth - 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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