"cross-bone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cross-bones [plural]
Etymology: From cross + bone, a calque of German Kreuzbein (“sacrum”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|cross|bone}} cross + bone, {{calque|en|de|Kreuzbein|nocap=1|t=sacrum}} calque of German Kreuzbein (“sacrum”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cross-bone (plural cross-bones)
  1. (obsolete, anatomy) The sacrum. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Anatomy, Skeleton Related terms: crossbones
    Sense id: en-cross-bone-en-noun-sfvsGBIU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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