HyperDic: cottonmouth_moccasin

English > 1 sense of the expression cottonmouth moccasin:
NOUNanimalcottonmouth moccasin, water moccasin, cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorusvenomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
English > cottonmouth moccasin: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningvenomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States.
Synonymswater moccasin, cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus
Member ofAgkistrodon, genus Agkistrodon, Ancistrodon, genus Ancistrodoncopperheads
Broaderpit viperNew World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head

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