death's-head
Bony face image
A death's-head is a human skull or a representation of one, used as a symbol of death or mortality.
The image appears on poison labels, pirate flags, and military insignia.
The death's-head hawkmoth bears skull-like markings on its thorax.
A death's-head grinned from the bottle of rat poison.
Head's bone casing
- crossbonesIntersecting skeletal warning
- memento moriArtistic death reminder
- mortalityState of eventual death
- bonesRigid internal support structure
skeletal · jawbone · cranium · eye sockets · grinning · fleshless · bony · ossuary
Alert about danger
- poisonHarmful ingested substance
- dangerExposure to harm
- toxicCapable of causing harm
- pirateMaritime thief or bootlegger
Jolly Roger · hazard · skull and crossbones · venom · threat · contamination · tattoo · flag
Harsh and foreboding
- morbidUnhealthily drawn to darkness
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
ominous · sinister · ghoulish · grotesque · dark · foreboding · spooky · chilling
Large hovering lepidopteran
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- squeakingHigh, thin sound
- Silence of the LambsThriller about catching serial killers
- lepidopteraButterfly and moth order
wingspan · proboscis · antennae · caterpillar · pupa · chirping
skull
Head's bone casing
- crossbonesIntersecting skeletal warning
- memento moriArtistic death reminder
- mortalityState of eventual death
bones · skeletal · jawbone · cranium · eye sockets · grinning · fleshless · bony · ossuary · charnel
warning
Alert about danger
pirate · Jolly Roger · hazard · skull and crossbones · venom · threat · contamination · tattoo · flag · insignia
grim
Harsh and foreboding
haunting · ominous · sinister · ghoulish · grotesque · dark · foreboding · spooky · chilling · uncanny
hawkmoth
Large hovering lepidopteran
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- squeakingHigh, thin sound
- Silence of the LambsThriller about catching serial killers
lepidoptera · wingspan · proboscis · antennae · caterpillar · pupa · chirping
death's-headtree of life
Diagram of evolutionary connections
ankh · phoenix · life force · breath of life · vital spark
death's-headsmiley face
Circle with grin
cherub · happy face · angel · halo · sunburst
death's-headbaby face
Youthful, innocent appearance
smiling face · human face · rosy cheeks · portrait · bust
death, dead, died, dies, deadly, deathly, deadness, deaden, deadened