pentahedral

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pentahedron

pen·ta·he·dron

(pĕn′tə-hē′drən)

n. pl. pen·ta·he·drons or pen·ta·he·dra (-drə)

A solid having five plane faces.

pen′ta·he′dral (-drəl) adj.

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