Defn: See Octahedral.

OCTAEMERON
Oc`ta*em"e*ron, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Eccl.)

Defn: A fast of eight days before a great festival. Shipley.

OCTAGON
Oc"ta*gon, n. Etym: [Gr. cctogone.]

1. (Geom.)

Defn: A plane figure of eight sides and eight angles.

2. Any structure (as a fortification) or place with eight sides or angles. Regular octagon, one in which the sides are all equal, and the angles also are all equal.

OCTAGONAL
Oc*tag"o*nal, a.

Defn: Having eight sides and eight angles.

OCTAGYNOUS
Oc*tag"y*nous, a. Etym: [Octa- + Gr. (Bot.)