cottonmouth
noun
a venomous snake, Agkistrodon (Ancistrodon ) piscivorus, of swamps in southeastern U.S., that grows to about 4 feet (1.2 meters).
cottonmouths
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pluralof cottonmouth.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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They can even handle the bite from venomous snakes such as cottonmouths, timber rattlesnakes and copperheads.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022
The world hosts hundreds of wildly different venomous snake species, from brightly banded coral snakes to camouflaged cottonmouths.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 26, 2021
Rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, coral snakes—bites from all will be painful at least, deadly at most.
From Golf Digest ● May 3, 2018
And then there are the snakes: king snakes, copperheads, banded water snakes and cottonmouths, which also swim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2016
The cottonmouths drew out of the water, their slitted pupils narrowing on Clare.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
