Skull and crossbones

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Skull and crossbones is a symbol of a human skull with two long bones crossed below it. It is used in several contexts:

• Skull and crossbones (symbol), as a symbol of death and especially as a memento mori on tombstones, a warning symbol of poisonous substances and danger
• Skull and crossbones (military), in variations used by several military forces
• Skull and crossbones (fraternities and sports), used also by secret societies
• Skull and crossbones (Spanish cemetery) "campo santo", used to mark the entrances to cemeteries
• Unicode represents the symbol "☠" in its Miscellaneous Symbols block.

Skull and bones may refer to

• Jolly Roger, the name of various (black/pirate) flags often including skull and crossbones
• Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut
• Skull & Bones (album) by the rap group Cypress Hill
• Skull & Bones (video game), an upcoming video game by Ubisoft
• Skull & Bones, a power metal band from Argentina
• Skull n Bones, a song by Zomboy, released on his album The Outbreak

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Skull and crossbones.

• Crossbones (disambiguation)