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单词 diamondback
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Definition of diamondback in English:

diamondback

nounˈdʌɪəməndbakˈdaɪ(ə)məndˌbæk
North American
  • 1A common large North American rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings.

    菱斑响尾蛇。亦称DIAMOND RATTLESNAKE

    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.

    菱斑响尾蛇。亦称DIAMOND RATTLESNAKE

    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.
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