hex|a|he|dron

hex|a|he|dron
hex|a|he|dron «HEHK suh HEE druhn», noun, plural -drons, -dra «-druh».
a solid figure having six faces.
[< Greek hexáedron, neuter of hexáedros < hexa- (< héx six) + hédrā base, surface]

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