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diploid

dip′loid

(dĭp′loid)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
διπλόοσ
twofold +
-oid
.]
1.
(Crystallog.)
A solid bounded by twenty-four similar quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron.