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Webster 1913 Edition
Death's-head
Death’s′-headˊ
,Noun.
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. Shakespeare
Death's-head moth
(Zool.)
, 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
.Definition 2024
death's-head
death's-head
See also: death's head
English
Skulls and crossbones over the entrance to a cemetery.
Alternative forms
Noun
death's-head (plural death's-heads)
Translations
a human skull, as symbol of death
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