TETRASKELE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center

Synonyms:

tetraskele; tetraskelion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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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