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Square is a special type of ____________.

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Square: A plane figure with four equal sides and four right angles is called a square.
It is known that a parallelogram is a quadrilateral with two sets of parallel sides.
And we know that in square opposite sides are also equal.
Thus, the square is a special type of parallelogram.

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