Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PY-RAM'I-DOID, or PYR'A-MOID
PY-RAM'I-DOID, or PYR'A-MOID, n. [pyramid and Gr. ειδος, form.]
A solid figure, formed by the rotation of a semi-parabola about its base or greatest ordinate.
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