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nonhoneycombed en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + honeycombed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not honeycombed.
    • 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. 1936, Journal of the American Concrete Institute, volume 8, page 420:
    • Most of the cortex was composed of fascicular cells which had nonvacuolated, nonhoneycombed eosinophilic cytoplasm. 1954, Contribution from the Pathological Laboratory, volume 22, University of Michigan Pathological Laboratory, page 1583:
    • Frontal view of incompletely molted male, with honeycombed shell of instar II still loosely nested over nonhoneycombed shell of instar III. 1982, Journal of Crustacean Biology, page 470: