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Water Moccasin

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Noun

1. agkistrodon piscivorus, cottonmouth, cottonmouth moccasin, water moccasin

venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States

2. water moccasin

any of numerous North American water snakes inhabiting fresh waters

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Water Moccasin

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noun
a large dark grey venomous snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, of swamps in the southern US: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
. Also called: cottonmouth

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Water Moccasin

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a large, poisonous, olive-brown pit viper (Agkistrodon piscivorus) with dark crossbars, found along or in rivers and swamps in the SE U.S.; cottonmouth: often confused with various harmless snakes, esp. several water snakes (genus Natrix)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Water Moccasin

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n.
1. A semiaquatic pit viper (Agkistrodon piscivorus) of lowlands and swampy regions of the southeast United States. Also called cottonmouth.
2. Any of various similar but harmless water snakes.

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