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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)