TETRASKELE
Dictionary entry overview: What does tetraskele mean? • TETRASKELE (noun)
The noun TETRASKELE has 1 sense:
1. a figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center
Familiarity information: TETRASKELE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TETRASKELE (noun)
Meaning:
A figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
tetraskele; tetraskelion
Hypernyms ("tetraskele" is a kind of...):
design; figure; pattern (a decorative or artistic work)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tetraskele"):
Hakenkreuz; swastika (the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction)
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