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Death's-head
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What's The Definition Of Death's-head?
[n] a human skull (or a representation of a human skull) used as a symbol of death
Synonyms | Synonyms for Death's-head: Related Terms | Find terms related to Death's-head: See Also | symbol | symbolic representation | symbolisation | symbolization Death's-head In Webster's Dictionary \Death's"-head`\, n.
A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the
conventional personification of death.
I had rather be married to a death's-head with a bone
in his mouth. --Shak.
{Death's-head moth} (Zo["o]l.), a very large European moth
({Acherontia atropos}), so called from a figure resembling
a human skull on the back of the thorax; -- called also
{death's-head sphinx}.
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