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bucranium
noun
bu·cra·ni·um
\byüˈkrānēəm\
variants: less commonly
bucrane
\(ˈ)byü¦krān\Definition of bucranium
bucrania
\byüˈkrānēə\ alsobucranes
: a sculptured ornament (as on a Roman Ionic or Corinthian frieze) composed of an ox skull adorned with ribbons or garlands
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Origin and Etymology of bucranium
Latin, from Greek boukranion ox head, from bous ox, head of cattle + kranion skull
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