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diamondback

[ dahy-muhnd-bak, dahy-uh- ]

adjective

  1. bearing diamond-shaped marks, designs, or configurations on the back.


diamondback

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noun

  1. Also calleddiamondback terrapindiamondback turtle any edible North American terrapin of the genus Malaclemys, esp M. terrapin, occurring in brackish and tidal waters and having diamond-shaped markings on the shell: family Emydidae
  2. a large North American rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus, having cream-and-grey diamond-shaped markings
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of diamondback1

First recorded in 1810–20; diamond + back 1
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The woman placed a box next to the home’s front door Monday evening when the eastern diamondback snake jumped out and bit her, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

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There actually were 20 snakes — five adult western diamondback rattlers and 15 babies.

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State law restricts possession of the speckled rattlesnake, as well as the Uganda puff adders, the Western diamondback and other snakes Sneddon sold, according to federal prosecutors.

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Researchers subjected the skeletal remains of pond sliders, diamondback terrapins, painted turtles and box turtles to incremental increases in mechanical forces and measured where and how the shells began to buckle.

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He didn’t have time to pull back before the object, a four-and-a-half-foot diamondback rattlesnake, bit him on his wrist.

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