diamondback terrapin

Variant of diamondback

diamondback definition

di·amond·back (-bak′)

adjective

having diamond-shaped markings on the back

noun

  1. ☆ a large, poisonous rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) with diamond-shaped markings on its back, native to the S U.S.
  2. ☆ an edible turtle (Malaclemys terrapin) with diamond-shaped markings on its shell, found in coastal salt marshes from Cape Cod to Mexico
    in full diamondback terrapin
  3. a small, brown-and-white cosmopolitan moth (Plutella xylostella) whose wings, when folded, form a diamond

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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