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death's head

death's head is the alternative form 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.

Forms of death's head

pluraldeath's heads

Questions about death's head

What is death's head the alternative form of?
Death's head is the alternative form of death's-head.

Words near death's head in the dictionary

  1. death wishes
  2. death wobble
  3. death wobbles
  4. death zone
  5. death zones
  6. death's head
  7. death's head moth
  8. death's heads
  9. death's herb
  10. death's-head
  11. death's-head hawkmoth

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