bucranium
[ byoo-krey-nee-uh m ]
/ byuˈkreɪ ni əm /
noun, plural bu·cra·ni·a [byoo-krey-nee-uh] /byuˈkreɪ ni ə/.
(in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
Also
bu·crane
[byoo-kreyn] /byuˈkreɪn/.
Origin of bucranium
1850–55; < Late Latin
būcrānium < Greek
boukrā́ni(on) an ox-head, equivalent to Greek
bou- (stem of
boûs) ox +
krāníon
cranium
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