diamondback
bearing diamond-shaped marks, designs, or configurations on the back.
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How to use diamondback in a sentence
This diamondback squid, suspended gracefully in the dark water off the coast of Anilao, Philippines, found itself illuminated by chance in a beam of light from diver and photographer Songda Cai.
Check out the breathtaking winners of the 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest | Rachael Zisk | October 20, 2020 | Popular-ScienceIt was a diamondback rattler, and lay coiled on the rug at my feet.
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British Dictionary definitions for diamondback
/ (ˈdaɪəməndˌbæk) /
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
a large North American rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus, having cream-and-grey diamond-shaped markings
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