Death's-head

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  1. 1
    A human skull, as symbol of death.

    "To the confusion and confounding of that cursed death's-head knight."

  2. 2
    A kind of hawk moth with pale markings on the back of the thorax somewhat like a skull.

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"To the confusion and confounding of that cursed death's-head knight."

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