A figure of two thigh-bones laid across each other in the form of the letter X, usually placed under the figure of a skull, as an emblem of death.
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| 释义 | society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols (56) cross-bones1798 A figure of two thigh-bones laid across each other in the form of the letter X, usually placed under the figure of a skull, as an emblem of death. marrowbones1824 In plural = cross-bones, n. Obsolete. skull and crossbones1826 A representation of a human skull, as an emblem or reminder of death or mortality. Also skull and crossbones, a representation of a bare skull… uroboros1940 The symbol, usually in the form of a circle, of a snake (or dragon) eating its tail. corn dolly1952 = kirn-baby, n., a symbolic or decorative figure celebrating the harvest home. Subcategories:— cross (4) — triskele (1) — swastika (4) — pentangle (5) — ankh (4) — plants (6) — phallus (1) — Chinese symbols (1) — commercial mark (1) — others (24) |
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