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cross-bones

cross-bones is the alternative form of crossbones.

cross-bones is the plural of cross-bone.

Meaning of crossbones

Noun

crossbones pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A representation of two femurs (thighbones) crossed diagonally, chiefly combined with a human skull as a symbol of danger or death.

Meaning of cross-bone

Noun

cross-bone (plural cross-bones)

  1. (obsolete) The sacrum.
    • Next comes the cross-bone (sacrum), which is inserted between the two halves of the pelvic girdle. This cross-bone consists of five fixed and amalgamated cross-vertebræ.1879, Ernst Haeckel, “Development of the Organs of Motion”, in The Evolution of Man: A Popular Exposition of the Principal Points of Human Ontogeny and Phylogeny, volume 2, New York: D. Appleton and...

Questions about cross-bones

What is cross-bones the alternative form of?
Cross-bones is the alternative form of crossbones.

Words near cross-bones in the dictionary

  1. cross-bites
  2. cross-biting
  3. cross-bitten
  4. cross-bonding
  5. cross-bone
  6. cross-bones
  7. cross-border
  8. cross-border ticket
  9. cross-border tickets
  10. cross-bought
  11. cross-bow

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