Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See water moccasin.
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.
Wiktionary
- n. medicine, uncountable 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.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. venomous semiaquatic snake (Agkistrodon piscivorus) of swamps in southern U.S.; -- called also
water moccasin ,cottonmouth moccasin , andcottonmouth 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
Etymologies
- cotton + mouth (Wiktionary)
- From the white interior of its mouth. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Since I like trivia (and snakes), I learned how to tell a water snake from a poisonous water moccasin (also known as a cottonmouth).”
“Wells said the snake looked like a cottonmouth, which is poisonous.”
“Wells says the snake looked like a cottonmouth, which is poisonous.”
“A Special Forces trainee found dead this summer during a land navigation exercise in North Carolina was bitten by a poisonous water moccasin, also known as a cottonmouth, according to the Army.”
“Spittle had by now coagulated at the corners of his mouth, and would stay gathered there in elastic foam for the rest of the day, like a cottonmouth snake.”
“They should never poke a cottonmouth lol or a RAM.”
“It's buggy, hot and full of cottonmouth snakes, wild hogs and alligators.”
“It was a cottonmouth water moccasin which is one of the top five “Most Poisonous” snakes in Florida.”
“The absolute tell-tale would be if you could see a solid white mouth, or if the eye pupil is round (not a cottonmouth) or elliptical (cottonmouth).”
“Ha, i think that is karma for the cottonmouth i saw this weekend at my friends dock eating a baby catfish.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cottonmouth’.
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Public List: Body Metaphors
Phrases that use body parts metaphorically.
neck of the woods, bone of contention, mouth of a river, teeth of the storm, heart of the matter, foot of the bed, eye of the storm, dogleg hole, finger lakes, headwaters, foothills, knik arm and 212 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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Cotton
"The popular name of several species of Gossypium, natural order Malvaceæ, from which the well-known textile substance cotton is obtained. The genus is indigenous to both hemispheres, and the plant...
cotton, Cotton, cotton gin, King Cotton, Levant cotton, Cotton Mather, Cotton Club, Egyptian cotton, pima cotton, Gossypium, short-staple cotton, upland cotton and 20 more...
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Snakes
python, adder, snake, asp, cobra, bull snake, copperhead, sea snake, viper, boa, cottonmouth, rattlesnake and 15 more...
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EN-HU - fun and challenge to translate
Highly descriptive coinages (either in EN or HU) which are difficult to translate between the two languages. If - as a simultaneous interpreter - you get them right on the move, you deserve to be p...
backpfeifengesicht, a wise head on yo..., bad hair day, big cheese, blame shift, cherry picking, intellectual heav..., lack nunchi, schlimazl, cash cow, cherry boy, ass munch and 65 more...
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-mouth
I'm a sucker for a suffix, especially one after me own moniker
flannelmouth, cottonmouth, madmouth, foot-in-mouth, bigmouth, Dartmouth, wooly mammouth, badmouth, buttermouth, cross-mouth, fatmouth, flap-mouth and 38 more...
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Amalgamations
Words that have been smashed together.
keystone, touchstone, footprint, thunderhead, seesaw, textbook, leftovers, watchword, afterbirth, fieldwork, outcast, statesman and 148 more...
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♥
ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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Hedgepiglet
Words for things both tangible and nonanthropic
rorqual, vellus, wrasse, rainbow bee-eater, tinkershire, lemonquat, boomslang, tufted vetch, cubeb, nipplefruit, madapple, wad and 447 more...
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Flora and Fauna
poa annua, pooka, vole, bestiary, popple, turgor, starling, sharpy, copse, coreopsis, clove, corvid and 351 more...
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A Mouthy List
Mouth words and phrases. Also check out this mouth list.
mouthful, mouthpiece, mouth-watering, mouthwash, mouthfeel, mouth-filling, mouthguard, mouth breather, mouthpart, mouthless, mouther, mouth-hole and 81 more...
Tweets
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