diamondback terrapin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of diamondback terrapin
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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It turned out to be a diamondback terrapin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
A rare two-headed diamondback terrapin is alive and kicking — with all six of its legs — at the Birdsey Cape Wildlife Center in Massachusetts after hatching two weeks ago.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2021
BARNSTABLE, Mass. — A rare two-headed diamondback terrapin turtle is alive and kicking - with all six of its legs - at the Birdsey Cape Wildlife Center in Massachusetts after hatching two weeks ago.
From Washington Times • Oct. 12, 2021
This undated photo provided on Friday, July 15, 2016, from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey shows a diamondback terrapin turtle on a JFK airport runway in New York.
From US News • Jul. 15, 2016
In the refuge, shore-nesting birds and diamondback terrapin turtles have suffered as a result of the raccoons’ arrival, said Russell L. Burke, a Hofstra University biology professor and terrapin expert.
From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2016
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