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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bu•cra•ni•um (byo̅o̅ krā′nē əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ni•a (-nē ə).USA pronunciation - Architecture(in classical architecture) an ornament, esp. on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
Also, bu•crane (byo̅o̅ krān′).USA pronunciation - Greek boukrá̄ni(on) an ox-head, equivalent. to Greek bou- (stem of boûs) ox + krāníon cranium
- Late Latin būcrānium
- 1850–55
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