"death's-head" meaning in English

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Noun

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: 5 95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Classical Nahuatl translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Classical Nahuatl translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: death's head Related terms: memento mori, Jolly Roger, skull and crossbones

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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