COTTONMOUTH MOCCASIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cottonmouth moccasin mean? 

• COTTONMOUTH MOCCASIN (noun)
  The noun COTTONMOUTH MOCCASIN has 1 sense:

1. venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States

  Familiarity information: COTTONMOUTH MOCCASIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COTTONMOUTH MOCCASIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Agkistrodon piscivorus; cottonmouth; cottonmouth moccasin; water moccasin

Hypernyms ("cottonmouth moccasin" is a kind of...):

pit viper (New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head)

Holonyms ("cottonmouth moccasin" is a member of...):

Agkistrodon; Ancistrodon; genus Agkistrodon; genus Ancistrodon (copperheads)