Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any polyhedron having twelve plane faces;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dodecahedron \Do*dec`a*he"dron\, n. [Gr. ?; ? twelve + ? seat,
bottom, base: cf. F. dod['e]ca[`e]dre.] (Geom. & Crystallog.)
A solid having twelve faces.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The regular dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal and
regular pentagons; the pyritohedron (see
Pyritohedron) is related to it; the rhombic
dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal rhombic faces.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dodecahedron
n 1: any polyhedron having twelve plane faces