bucranium

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Definition of bucranium in English English dictionary

The head of an ox

It was also in relation to the funerary world that bucrania were placed at the bottoms of the pits.

{i} carved ornament of a ox skull decorated with garlands or wreaths (also bucrane)

A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with wreaths, etc

Hyphenation

bu·cra·ni·um