diamondback

 [dahy-muhnd-bak, dahy-uh-]  

dia·mond·back

   [dahy-muhnd-bak, dahy-uh-]
adjective
1.
bearing diamond-shaped marks, designs, or configurations on the back.
noun
2.
diamondback rattlesnake.
3.
diamondback terrapin.
4.
diamondback moth.

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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Origin:
1810–20; diamond + back1
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diamondback (ˈdaɪəməndˌbæk)
 
—n
1.  diamondback terrapin, Also called: diamondback turtle any edible North American terrapin of the genus Malaclemys, esp M. terrapin, occurring in brackish and tidal waters and having diamond-shaped markings on the shell: family Emydidae
2.  a large North American rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus, having cream-and-grey diamond-shaped markings

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