diamondback

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

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

Origin of diamondback

1
First recorded in 1810–20; diamond + back1

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British Dictionary definitions for diamondback

diamondback

/ (ˈdaɪəməndˌbæk) /


noun
  1. Also called: diamondback terrapin, diamondback 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

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