Meaning of the word dodecahedron in English

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dodecahedron

US /ˌdoʊ.dek.əˈhiː.drən/
UK /ˌdəʊ.dek.əˈhiː.drən/
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Noun

a three-dimensional shape having twelve plane faces, in particular a regular solid with twelve equal pentagonal faces

Example:
The ancient Greeks studied the properties of a regular dodecahedron.
Each face of a regular dodecahedron is a regular pentagon.