death's head

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death's head - a human skull (or a representation of a human skull) used as a symbol of death

symbolic representation, symbolisation, symbolization, symbol - something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States"

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Acherontia
Acherontia atropos
death's-head
death's-head moth
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family Sphingidae
genus Acherontia
hawk moth
memento mori
Sphingidae

His words were received with interest and amazement; and soon there were other people to say that they too had met a man in dress-clothes with a death's head on his shoulders.

The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context

The flag of the death's head is hoisted in all engagements.

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His shriveled old hands were folded and on the finger of one of them Pierre noticed a large cast iron ring with a seal representing a death's head.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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