OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 16914

caduceus

/kəˈdu.si.əs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
caduceo
A symbol (☤) representing a staff with two snakes wrapped around it, used to indicate merchants and messengers. It is also sometimes incorrectly substituted for the rod of Asclepius as a symbol of medicine.
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