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cottonmouth
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cot·ton·mouth  (ktn-mouth)
n.
See water moccasin.
[From the white interior of its mouth.]
cottonmouth [ˈkɒtənˌmaʊθ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for the water moccasin
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Noun1.cottonmouthcottonmouth - venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
Agkistrodon piscivorus, cottonmouth moccasin, water moccasin
pit viper - New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head
Agkistrodon, Ancistrodon, genus Agkistrodon, genus Ancistrodon - copperheads


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In the boxes the men heard the water rise in the trench and looked out for cottonmouths.
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On any given day during this annual migration--repeated in reverse between mid-March and mid-May--visitors can see venomous copperheads, timber rattlers, and cottonmouths, as well as nonvenomous king and rat snakes, yellowbellies, and green (a threatened species in Illinois), garter, earth, and ringneck snakes.
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