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bu⋅cra⋅ni⋅um
/
byuˈkreɪ
ni
əm
/
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[
byoo-
krey
-nee-
uh
m
]
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–noun,
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-ni⋅a
/
-ni
ə
/
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[
-nee-
uh
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.
(in classical architecture) an ornament, esp. on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
Also,
bu⋅crane
/
byuˈkreɪn
/
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byoo-
kreyn
]
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.
Origin:
1850–55;
< LL
būcrānium
< Gk
boukr
ni
(
on
) an ox-head, equiv. to Gk
bou-
(s. of
boûs
) ox +
krāníon
cranium
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[byoo-krey-nee-uh
m] 
[-nee-uh] . [byoo-kreyn] .
ni(on) an ox-head, equiv. to Gk bou- (s. of boûs) ox + krāníon cranium