Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OC-TA-HE'DRON
OC-TA-HE'DRON, n. [Gr. οκτω, eight, and εδρα, a base.]
In geometry, a solid contained by eight equal and equilateral triangles. It is one of the five regular bodies. Encyc.
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