diamondback rattlesnake
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of diamondback rattlesnake
First recorded in 1890–95
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The researchers discovered that it could block the activity of many metalloproteinase toxins found in western diamondback rattlesnake venom.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
In 1946, a sideshow fixture billed as “Miss Elsie Marks, the Cobra Woman,” died after her seven-foot diamondback rattlesnake bit her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2025
He didn’t have time to pull back before the object, a four-and-a-half-foot diamondback rattlesnake, bit him on his wrist.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
In this study, scientists experimented by moving a human-like torso closer to a western diamondback rattlesnake and recording the response.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2021
I grew up eating Georgia Rattlesnake watermelons — that's really what they're called, because the dark green stripes resemble a diamondback rattlesnake.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2021
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