TETRASKELION (tetraskelia)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: tetraskelia   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does tetraskelion mean? 

• TETRASKELION (noun)
  The noun TETRASKELION has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TETRASKELION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TETRASKELION (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("tetraskelion" is a kind of...):

design; figure; pattern (a decorative or artistic work)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tetraskelion"):

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)