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comb-honeys

comb-honeys is the plural of comb-honey.

Meaning of comb-honey

Noun

comb-honey (usually uncountable, plural comb-honeys)

  1. (usually) Unprocessed honey that is still situated in its original beeswax cells.
    • They are considered to be an all-purposes bee, but their comb-honey is not quite so good as that of the native kind: they are not equal to the latter as comb-builders, and are often hard to persuade to enter the supers;1887, By Samuel Simmins, A Modern Bee-farm and Its Economic Management, page 42

Questions about comb-honeys

What is comb-honeys the plural of?
Comb-honeys is the plural of comb-honey.

Words near comb-honeys in the dictionary

  1. comb-brushes
  2. comb-crested jacana
  3. comb-footed spider
  4. comb-footed spiders
  5. comb-honey
  6. comb-honeys
  7. comb-jellies
  8. comb-jelly
  9. comb-out
  10. comb-outs
  11. comb-over

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