Cottonmouth

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See water moccasin.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.
  • n. A snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, the water moccasin.
  • n. A snake, Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. venomous semiaquatic snake (Agkistrodon piscivorus) of swamps in southern U.S.; -- called also water moccasin, cottonmouth moccasin, and cottonmouth water moccasin. It grows to a length of about 4 feet. The name refers to the whiteness of the lips and inside of the mouth.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A venomous serpent of the southern United States, a species of moccasin or Trigonocephalus: so called from a white streak along the lips.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
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    pit viper   
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    water moccasin    cottonmouth moccasin    dry mouth    xerostomia   
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