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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A representation of a human skull above two long crossed bones, used traditionally as a symbol of death or as a warning of the danger of death.
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- noun An
outline of ahuman skull and twocrossed bones ; asymbol ofdeath traditionally used on theJolly Roger , but now used as awarning onpoisons .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun emblem warning of danger or death
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