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.
Calamite
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A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general formof plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rushfamily) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having thestem more or less woody within. See Acrogen, and Asterophyllite.
Calamite meaning & definition 1 of Calamite.
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Calamite was briefly, and infrequently, used as a euphemism for homosexuality early in the 20th Century. It referred to a group of Walt Whitman's poems that celebrated love between men, the Calamus cluster.
Calamite meaning & definition 2 of Calamite.
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