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Alveary

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(from the Lat. alvearium), a beehive; used, like apiarium in the same sense, figuratively for a collection of hardworking people, or a scholarly work (e.g. dictionary) involving bee-like industry. By analogy the term is used for the hollow of the ear, where the wax collects.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Alveary'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/alveary.html. 1910.
 
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