water moccasin

1. A semiaquatic pit viper (Agkistrodon piscivorus) of lowlands and swampy regions of the southern United States. Also called cottonmouth.

2. Any of various similar but harmless water snakes.

water moccasin

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large dark grey venomous snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, of swamps in the southern US: family Crotalidae (pit vipers) Also called cottonmouth

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Noun	1.	water moccasin - venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States Agkistrodon piscivorus, cottonmouth, cottonmouth 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
	2.	water moccasin - any of numerous North American water snakes inhabiting fresh waters water snake - any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water genus Natrix, Natrix - water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus

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Agkistrodon
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Ancistrodon
cottonmouth
cottonmouth moccasin
genus Agkistrodon
genus Ancistrodon
genus Natrix
moccasin
Natrix
pit viper
reptile
Water adder
water snake
Water viper

I once watched helplessly as my grandfather broke out only paddle on a stump while dispatching a water moccasin.

Creative propulsion by Kornegay, Bob / Wildfowl

The book says far Southwestern New Mexico has a few coral snakes and poisonous Gila monster lizards, but the state has no native copperheads or cottonmouth water moccasins, venomous snakes found in the Southeast.

SNAKEBITE 101: FORGET THE KIT AND HEAD TO HOSPITAL by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)

Mitchum gets halfway across and runs into a water moccasin.

WAR GAMES IT WAS JUNGLE FEVER OF A DIFFERENT KIND FOR 'TROPIC ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)