death's-head

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Noun

death's-head

1. A human skull, as symbol of death.
   • [https://web.archive.org/web/20180821143336/https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=ivanhoe Ivanhoe (1952 film)]

     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.

Translations

• French: tête de mort
• German: Totenkopf
• Portuguese: caveira
• Russian: мёртвая голова́
• Spanish: calavera

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