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bu•cra•ni•um
Pronunciation: (byOO-krā'nē-um), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -ni•aPronunciation: (-nē-u). [key]
(in classical architecture) an ornament, esp. on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
Also,bu•cranePronunciation: (byOO-krān'). [key]Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.