variants
or crania
as in skulls
the case of bone that encloses the brain and supports the jaws of vertebrates
the cranium of a Neanderthal is striking for its brow ridges
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Recent Examples of craniums
The other two craniums were found in 1990.
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
Of course, something similar typified our evolution, too, which can all too easily be cast as the blossoming forth of ever-plumper craniums.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for craniums
skulls
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Investigators later searched the Ephrata home and storage unit of Jonathan Christ Gerlach, 34, and reported finding more than 100 human skulls, long bones, mummified hands and feet, two decomposing torsos and other skeletal items.—
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The players all pair up, with one of them getting locked in a cage while their partner has to find and stack ten skulls to free them.—
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“Craniums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/craniums. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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