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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Re·tic·u·lum n.;pl. Reticula   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.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hon·ey·comb n.
 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 Zool., the wax moth.
 Honeycomb stomach. Anat. See Reticulum.
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