Clinopinacoid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clinopinacoid \Cli`no*pin"a*coid\, n. [Gr. kli`nein to incline +
     E. pinacoid.] (Crystallog.)
     The plane in crystals of the monoclinic system which is
     parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral
     (clinidiagonal) axes.
     [1913 Webster]