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Aesculapius' snake

noun
variants: or Aesculapian snake

Definition of Aesculapius' snake

: a harmless European snake (Coluber, or Elaphe, longissimus) believed to have been held sacred to Aesculapius by the Romans

First Known Use of Aesculapius' snake

1905, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Aesculapius' snake

from Aesculapius, Greco-Roman god of medicine

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