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death's-head

noun death's-heads · death's head

  1. A human skull, especially as symbol of death. To the confusion and confounding of that cursed death's-head knight.
  2. A kind of hawk moth with pale markings on the back of the thorax somewhat like a skull.

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noun a human skull, as symbol of death

Españolcalavera
Portuguêscaveira
Françaistête de mort
DeutschTotenkopf
Italianoteschio
Русскиймёртвая голова́ mjórtvaja golová

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"death's-head." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/death's-head. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{death_s_head_2026,
  title = {death's-head},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/death's-head},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}