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Definition: DIAMOND-BACK

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Noun 1. The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris).[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Diamond-back" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)


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