diamondback rattlesnake


diamondback rattlesnake

noun

Definition of DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE

: either of two large and deadly rattlesnakes (Crotalus adamanteus of the southeastern United States and C. atrox of the south central and southwestern United States and Mexico) —called also diamondback, diamondback rattler

First Known Use of DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE

1894

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