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Insignia > Caduceus

Preferred term

Caduceus  

Definition

  • Insignia consisting of, or bearing, a conventionalized representation of a staff with two snakes curled around it and two wings at the top; the symbolic staff of a herald; one of the symbols of a physician [Web III, alt.]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • STAFFS, CADUCEUS

Notation

  • 117601

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-GVPMKPLS-G

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