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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A crystalline form belonging to the isometric system and contained under forty-eight equal triangular faces. Also called adamantoid, because it is a common form of the diamond. Also hexakisoctahedron.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Geom.) A solid having forty-eight equal triangular faces.

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  • noun geometry A solid with forty-eight equal triangular faces.

Etymologies

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hex- +‎ octahedron

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