cottonmouth
noun/ˈkɒtnmaʊθ/
/ˈkɑːtnmaʊθ/
(also cottonmouth moccasin
/ˌkɒtnmaʊθ ˈmɒkəsɪn/
/ˌkɑːtnmaʊθ ˈmɑːkəsɪn/
, water moccasin /ˈwɔːtə mɒkəsɪn/
/ˈwɔːtər mɑːkəsɪn/
)- a poisonous snake that lives near water in the USTopics Animalsc2
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