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death's-heads

death's-heads is the plural of death's-head.

Meaning of death's-head

Noun

death's-head (plural death's-heads)

  1. A human skull, especially as symbol of death.
    • To the confusion and confounding of that cursed death's-head knight.1952, Ivanhoe, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2018
  2. A kind of hawk moth with pale markings on the back of the thorax somewhat like a skull.

Questions about death's-heads

What is death's-heads the plural of?
Death's-heads is the plural of death's-head.

Words near death's-heads in the dictionary

  1. death's heads
  2. death's herb
  3. death's-head
  4. death's-head hawkmoth
  5. death's-head hawkmoths
  6. death's-heads
  7. death-bearing
  8. death-bed
  9. death-bed conversion
  10. death-bed conversions
  11. death-beds

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