moccasin : Idioms & Phrases

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cottonmouth moccasin

  • noun venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
    cottonmouth moccasin; cottonmouth; Agkistrodon piscivorus.
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Moccasin flower

  • noun once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North America
    nerveroot; Cypripedium acaule.
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  • (Bot.), a species of lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule) found in North America. The lower petal is two inches long, and forms a rose-colored moccasin-shaped pouch. It grows in rich woods under coniferous trees.
Webster 1913

Upland moccasin

  • . (Zoöl.) See Moccasin.
Webster 1913

water moccasin

  • noun venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
    cottonmouth moccasin; cottonmouth; Agkistrodon piscivorus.
  • noun any of numerous North American water snakes inhabiting fresh waters
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Wa"ter moc"ca*sin
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  1. (Zoöl.) A venomous North American snake (Ancistrodon piscivorus) allied to the rattlesnake but destitute of a rattle. It lives in or about pools and ponds, and feeds largely of fishes. Called also water snake, water adder, water viper. called also cottonmouth, cottonmouth moccasin, and cottonmouth water moccasin.
Webster 1913