hexahedral

(hek-sa-hé’dral), a. [ dr(on) + -al.] 1. Having the figure of a hexahedron; having six equal superficial sides or faces; cubic.—2. In entom., having six distinet and more or le parallel sides; six-sided: said of long bodies, as joints of the antenne, ete. hexahedron (hek-sa-hé’dron), ». [ hex a kis octahedron + oxrd, = E. eight, + édpa, seat, base.] Same as hew octahedron.