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bucranium
[byoo-
krey
-nee-
uh
m]
/byuˈkreɪ ni əm/
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noun
,
plural
bucrania
[byoo-
krey
-nee-
uh
]
/byuˈkreɪ ni ə/
(
Show IPA
)
1.
(in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
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Also,
bucrane
[byoo-
kreyn
]
/byuˈkreɪn/
(
Show IPA
)
.
Origin of
bucranium
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Late Latin
Greek
1850-1855
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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