Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diamondback terrapin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: di-a-mond-back- ter-rapin
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Malaclemys terrapin, a species of turtle native to the brackish coastal tidal marshes of the Northeastern and southern United States, and in Bermuda.

Inflected Forms

diamondback terrapins (plural)

Synonyms

malaclemys centrata

Questions

What does diamondback terrapin mean?: Malaclemys terrapin, a species of turtle native to the brackish coastal tidal marshes of the Northeastern and southern United States, and in Bermuda.

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