skull
/ˈskʌl/ noun B2- The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
- These bones as a symbol for death; death's-head.
- The mind or brain.
- A crust formed on the ladle, etc. by the partial cooling of molten metal.
- The crown of the headpiece in armour.
Plural skulls
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Above was a line of plaster skulls with such names as "Neanderthal," "Heidelberg," "Cromagnon" printed beneath them.
I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development.
A cast of your skull, sir, until the original is available, would be an ornament to any anthropological museum.
It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.”
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