An n-gonal bipyramid or dipyramid is a polyhedron formed by joining an n-gonal pyramid and its mirror image base-to-base. The referenced n-gon in the name of the bipyramids is not an external face but an internal one, existing on the primary symmetry plane which connects the two pyramid halves. The face-transitive bipyramids are the dual polyhedra... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipyramid
Crystal shape in form with a plane dividing a crystal into two pyramids base to base. Crystals exhibiting this are described as bipyramidal. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22291