- 1. n. pl. A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of a skeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and serving as a symbol of death. Source: opted
- 2. n. two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death Source: wordnet
- 3. A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of a skeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and serving as a symbol of death. Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrios emblems of mortality. Hawthorne. Source: webster
- 4. A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of askeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and servingas a symbol of death.Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrios emblems ofmortality. Hawthorne. Source: adambom
- 5. n. two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death Source: ecdict
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