diamondback
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- noun
- /ˈdaɪəˌməndˌbæk/
- US
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serpiente de cascabel de diamante
- The mortality rate of diamondback terrapins in crab traps was estimated to be quite high.
- diamondback terrapin
- diamondback moth
Now when and in Florida we had the biggest rattlesnake, the eastern diamondback, it's dangerous rattlesnake is found here.
- Now when and in Florida we had the biggest rattlesnake, the eastern diamondback, it's dangerous rattlesnake is found here.
Examples
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So the diamondbacks that have developed a rattle... had a big advantage over those that didn't.
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Justice walks past a big diamondback rattlesnake.
Fiction book (1993) -
This... this western diamondback rattlesnake is very, very venomous.
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It's a diamondback, yeah.
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Darnell keeps 280 rattlesnakes, most of them eastern diamondbacks, in this unmarked building in his side yard.
Blog text (19) -
While hiking in Arizona, I saw a diamondback rattlesnake basking in the sun.
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The eastern diamondback is known for its distinctive diamond-shaped patterns on its back.
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A diamondback rattlesnake can be quite dangerous if approached carelessly in the wild.
Synonyms
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4.1
A dangerous snake from America with a rattle on its tail that warns others
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7.2
A large venomous snake that has a rattle and diamond-shaped marks on its back
Compounds
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7.2
A large venomous snake that has a rattle and diamond-shaped marks on its back
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8.8
A North American turtle with diamond marks on its shell that lives in salty marshes
A large venomous rattlesnake with diamond-shaped marks on its back from the United States and Mexico
A large snake that has venom, a rattle, and diamond markings that lives in the US Southwest and Mexico
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word diamondback comes from the simple words diamond and back, meaning a snake with 'diamond-shaped' marks on its 'back'. Think of a line of diamond shapes down its skin; that's why diamondback now names the large rattlesnake (especially in North America) with that pattern.