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DIAMONDBACK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diamondback mean?
• DIAMONDBACK (noun)
The noun DIAMONDBACK has 1 sense:
1. large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings
Familiarity information: DIAMONDBACK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Crotalus adamanteus; diamondback; diamondback rattlesnake
Hypernyms ("diamondback" is a kind of...):
rattler; rattlesnake (pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken)
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