Definition of Aesculapius' snake
:a harmless European snake (Coluber, or Elaphe, longissimus) believed to have been held sacred to Aesculapius by the Romans
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Origin and Etymology of aesculapius' snake
from Aesculapius, Greco-Roman god of medicine
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