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water moccasin
noun
- the cottonmouth.
- any of various similar but harmless snakes, as a water snake of the genus Nerodia.
water moccasin
noun
- a large dark grey venomous snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, of swamps in the southern US: family Crotalidae (pit vipers) Also calledcottonmouth
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Word History and Origins
Origin of water moccasin1
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
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Example Sentences
"But I thought you said it was a water moccasin," I objected.
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The water-moccasin is about two feet in length, and has a circumference of five or six inches.
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The Water Moccasin is dull olive with wide black transverse bands.
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This upland moccasin is named in science Ancistrodon contortrix; its brother species, the water moccasin, is A. piscivorus.
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Circumstantial evidence indicated that it was killed by the bite of a water moccasin.
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