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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram [syn: rhombus, rhomb, diamond]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural rhombuses or rhombi) Etymology: Latin, from Greek rhombos piece of wood whirled on a string, lozenge, from rhembein to whirl Date: circa 1567 a parallelogram with four equal sides and sometimes one with no right angles

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. rhombuses or rhombi) Geom. a parallelogram with oblique angles and equal sides. Etymology: L f. Gk rhombos

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rhombus Rhom"bus, n. [L.] Same as Rhomb, 1.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(rhombuses) A rhombus is a geometric shape which has four equal sides but is not a square. (TECHNICAL) N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. See rhomb.