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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. [1913 Webster] 2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb. [1913 Webster] Honeycomb moth (Zool.), the wax moth. Honeycomb stomach. (Anat.) See Reticulum. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reticulum \Re*tic"u*lum\, n.;pl. Reticula. [L. dim. of rete a net.] (Anat.) (a) The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach. (b) The neuroglia. [1913 Webster]