Definitions
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- noun A
common name used of twospecies ofrattlesnake having a diamondpattern on its back, i.e. Crotalus adamanteus found in the southeastern United States and Crotalus atrox found in southwestern United States and northwestern and centralMexico . - noun The
saltmarsh terrapin of theAtlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris).
Etymologies
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Examples
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But it also houses turtles called diamondback terrapins (
Journal Watch Online roberta 2010
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Next up, the 6-year-old alligator, then the ten-foot-long anaconda (who recently swallowed her first pig), followed by an agitated western diamondback rattler.
Michael Shwedick's career handling reptiles came from childhood fascination Steve Hendrix 2010
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It was sort of touching, the lengths the ground crews went to on the behalf of the diamondback terrapins.
Dan Collins: Fear of Flying: Crazy Right Can't Get It Right Dan Collins 2011
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It was sort of touching, the lengths the ground crews went to on the behalf of the diamondback terrapins.
Dan Collins: Fear of Flying: Crazy Right Can't Get It Right Dan Collins 2011
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It was sort of touching, the lengths the ground crews went to on the behalf of the diamondback terrapins.
Dan Collins: Fear of Flying: Crazy Right Can't Get It Right Dan Collins 2011
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Next up, the 6-year-old alligator, then the ten-foot-long anaconda (who recently swallowed her first pig), followed by an agitated western diamondback rattler.
Michael Shwedick's career handling reptiles came from childhood fascination Steve Hendrix 2010
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The would much rather do the Dew while skateboarding off a ramp over a pit of diamondback snakes.
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The Bormans had seen other native wildlife before -- javelinas, bobcats, coyotes, diamondback rattlesnakes -- but never mountain lions.
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Next up, the 6-year-old alligator, then the ten-foot-long anaconda (who recently swallowed her first pig), followed by an agitated western diamondback rattler.
Michael Shwedick's career handling reptiles came from childhood fascination Steve Hendrix 2010
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A mechanic stuck his face up in there, and came eye to eye with a diamondback that must have been five feet long.
Happy Landings David Ackley 2011
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