Plural of diamondback; snakes (especially rattlesnakes) with diamond-shaped markings, or the major league baseball team based in Arizona.
Plural form of 'diamondbacked', combining 'diamond' and 'back'. The term was popularized in American English during the 1800s for native snake species and later adopted as a sports team name in 1998.
The Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team chose their name specifically to honor the venomous diamondback rattlesnake native to Arizona's desert—making it one of the few sports teams named after a dangerous predator that actually lives in their region!
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