flexagon

flexagon
/flek"seuh gon'/, n.
a three-dimensional figure having polygonal faces that is constructed from a folded sheet of paper in such a way that different faces are exposed when the figure is flexed along its folds.
[FLEX1 + -agon (as in HEXAGON, PENTAGON, etc.)]

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