"death's-head" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: death's-heads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} death's-head (plural death's-heads)
  1. A human skull, as symbol of death. Translations (a human skull, as symbol of death): miquiztli (Classical Nahuatl), tzontecomatl (Classical Nahuatl), smrtihlav [masculine] (Czech), doodshoofd [neuter] (Dutch), doodskop [masculine] (Dutch), pääkallo (Finnish), tête de mort [feminine] (French), Totenkopf [masculine] (German), halálfej (Hungarian), koponya (Hungarian), teschio (Italian), caveira [feminine] (Portuguese), мёртвая голова́ (mjórtvaja golová) [feminine] (Russian), мртвачка глава [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mrtvačka glava [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), calavera [feminine] (Spanish), dödskalle [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-death's-head-en-noun-eIE-Q~SA Disambiguation of 'a human skull, as symbol of death': 97 3
  2. A kind of hawk moth with pale markings on the back of the thorax somewhat like a skull. Categories (lifeform): Sphinx moths
    Sense id: en-death's-head-en-noun-C9F7wZzD Disambiguation of Sphinx moths: 6 94 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 99 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: death's head Related terms: memento mori, Jolly Roger, skull and crossbones

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