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Alveary
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(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.