/byooh kray"nee euhm/ , n. , pl. bucrania /-nee euh/ .
(in classical architecture) an ornament, esp. on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
Also, bucrane /byooh krayn"/ .
[ 1850-55; bucranium boukráni ( on ) an ox-head, equiv. to Gk bou- (s. of boûs ) ox + kraníon CRANIUM ]