A striped racer, also known as the California whipsnake, is a species of non-venomous snake native to the coast and foothills of California. It is a long, slender, and fast-moving snake, identified by its distinctive stripes running down the length of its body. They primarily feed on lizards and small rodents. The scientific name for this species is Masticophis lateralis.
Hieroglyphic
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A sacred character; a character in picture writing,
as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the
plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made
up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the
hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the
object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic,
consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich
feather is a symbol of truth; third, the phonetic, consisting of
symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the alphabet,
having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a.
Hieroglyphic meaning & definition 1 of Hieroglyphic.
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n: A form of writing used by Ancient Egyptians.
adj: means [complex]Hieroglyphic meaning & definition 2 of Hieroglyphic.
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Writing consisting of hieroglyphs.
Hieroglyphic meaning & definition 3 of Hieroglyphic.