Definition of diamondback in English:
diamondback
nounˈdʌɪəməndbakˈdaɪ(ə)məndˌbæk
North American 1A common large North American rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings.
Genus Crotalus, family Viperidae: two species
Also called diamond rattlesnake
Example sentencesExamples
- I was asked to pick up a western diamondback rattlesnake bare-handed.
- We walked on through the fragile valley watching for diamondbacks and indigo snakes, maybe even for a serpent.
- It's a showdown between two of the world's most dangerous desert hunters: a red-tailed hawk and a diamondback rattlesnake.
- The whirring rattle of a diamondback poised to strike Maj.
- At 35 deg C, not atypical of a sunny, summer day in the southwestern U.S. deserts, the western diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox, shakes its rattle at frequencies up to 90 Hz.
2
another term for terrapin (sense 2 of the noun)
Example sentencesExamples
- Volunteers found 21 diamondback terrapins in abandoned crab traps pulled from the edge of the bay.
- The periwinkle in turn is preyed upon by blue crabs and diamondback terrapins.
- This suggests that all could provide food for diamondback terrapins.
Definition of diamondback in US English:
diamondback
nounˈdaɪ(ə)məndˌbækˈdī(ə)məndˌbak
North American 1A large, common North American rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings.
Genus Crotalus, family Viperidae: two species
Also called diamond rattlesnake
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a showdown between two of the world's most dangerous desert hunters: a red-tailed hawk and a diamondback rattlesnake.
- I was asked to pick up a western diamondback rattlesnake bare-handed.
- We walked on through the fragile valley watching for diamondbacks and indigo snakes, maybe even for a serpent.
- The whirring rattle of a diamondback poised to strike Maj.
- At 35 deg C, not atypical of a sunny, summer day in the southwestern U.S. deserts, the western diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox, shakes its rattle at frequencies up to 90 Hz.
2
another term for terrapin (sense 1 of the noun)
Example sentencesExamples
- Volunteers found 21 diamondback terrapins in abandoned crab traps pulled from the edge of the bay.
- The periwinkle in turn is preyed upon by blue crabs and diamondback terrapins.
- This suggests that all could provide food for diamondback terrapins.