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aesculapian snake

aes·cu·la·pi·an snake (plural aes·cu·la·pi·an snakes)


noun 
Definition:
 
long brown snake: a long slender brown nonvenomous snake. Native to: forests of Europe and western Asia.  Latin name Elaphe longissima.

[< the common depiction of Aesculapius (see Aesculapian) in antiquity with such a snake]
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