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‖ pissoceros|pɪsəʊˈsɪərəs|
[L. pissocēros (Pliny), a. Gr. πισσόκηρος (Aristotle), f. πίσσα pitch + κηρός bees-wax.]
(See quots.)
1658Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 916 Concerning Wax, Bee-glew, dregs of Wax, Pissoceros, Bees-bread, and of their Nature and Use. 1706Phillips, Pissoceros, the Pitch⁓wax made by Bees in their Hives; or any Composition of Wax and Pitch. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxvii. (1818) II. 497 Show us but one instance of bees having substituted mud or mortar for mitys, pissoceros, or propolis. |