pissoceros

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pissŏcēros, i, m., = πισσόκηρος,

pitch-wax , work of pitch and wax , the second foundation of the honey-comb : prima fundamenta commosin vocant periti, secunda pissoceron, tertia propolin, Plin. 11, 7, 6, § 16.