honeycomb
A substance made by bees (clade Anthophila) primarily from beeswax which has hexagonal cells to hold their larvae, and for storing pollen and honey to feed the larvae and themselves when other food is scarce
Other meanings
Something resembling honeycomb () in having numerous cells or small holes.
“The wood porch was a honeycomb of termite tunnels before we replaced it.”
A space-filling packing of polytopes in three- or higher-dimensional space.
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