COTTONMOUTH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States

Synonyms:

Agkistrodon piscivorus; cottonmouth; cottonmouth moccasin; water moccasin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cottonmouth" is a kind of...):

pit viper (New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head)

Holonyms ("cottonmouth" is a member of...):

Agkistrodon; Ancistrodon; genus Agkistrodon; genus Ancistrodon (copperheads)

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