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It isn't a cone at all, technically or otherwise, by definition.

A cone has a circular base; a pyramid, a polygonal one.

In fact I think it's strictly only a pyramid if it has a quadrilateral base - anything else being a "~hedron" where the "~" part describes the number of faces, such as the Tetrahedron (4 triangular faces).

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