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Definition of: pictograph
(pik′tə·graf, -gräf) noun
A picture representing an idea: the earliest form of record. [<picto- pictorial (<L pictus, pp. of pingere paint) + -GRAPH]
—pic′to·graph′ic adjective
—pic′to·graph′i·cal·ly adverb
—pic·tog·ra·phy (pik·tog′rə·fē) noun
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