"caducean" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more caducean [comparative], most caducean [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} caducean (comparative more caducean, superlative most caducean)
  1. Of or relating to the caduceus, Mercury's wand, and symbol of medicine.
    Sense id: en-caducean-en-adj-e61g6S0c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2015, Jonathan Bayliss, Gloucesterbook:",
          "text": "He loved \"Simplicissimus\" as his nom de main—often simplified to S-s or simply s, which he called The Snake, the savior of woman: his caducean sign of a mental health and guilelessness somewhat inconsonant with his equally sincere claim to be \"the Hermes of good news who teaches knowledge of good and evil!\"",
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          "ref": "2019, Laurinda Dixon, Nicolas Flamel:",
          "text": "In fact, this hieroglypic was eliminated from Salmon's editions, which substituted a caducean image of two serpents devouring each other (illustrated sixth from the left in Salmon's diagram, fig. 2) for the original virgin-dragon picture.",
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