how to pronounce caduceus

/kəˈdu.si.əs/

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caduceus is pronounced in four syllables

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meanings of caduceus

noun:

A symbol (☤) representing a staff with two snakes wrapped around it, used to indicate merchants and messengers. It is also sometimes incorrectly used as a symbol of medicine.
The official wand carried by a herald in ancient Greece and Rome, specifically the one carried in mythology by Hermes, the messenger of the gods, usually represented with two snakes twined around it.

caduceus frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word caduceus occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.