death's head

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   a human skull (or a representation of a human skull) used as a symbol of death

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Questions about death's head

What does death's head mean?

death's head means "a human skull (or a representation of a human skull) used as a symbol of death".

Is death's head a common word?

death's head is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.