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nonhoneycombed

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English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ honeycombed.

Adjective

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nonhoneycombed (not comparable)

  1. Not honeycombed.
    • 1936, Journal of the American Concrete Institute, volume 8, page 420:
      They were all drilled from nonhoneycombed areas and it was expected that they would reflect the effect of changing the water content to about the same extent as the cylinders.
    • 1954, Contribution from the Pathological Laboratory, volume 22, University of Michigan Pathological Laboratory, page 1583:
      Most of the cortex was composed of fascicular cells which had nonvacuolated, nonhoneycombed eosinophilic cytoplasm.
    • 1982, Journal of Crustacean Biology, page 470:
      Frontal view of incompletely molted male, with honeycombed shell of instar II still loosely nested over nonhoneycombed shell of instar III.