cotton-mouth
Example Sentences
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"Yes," he said, "a big one, a moccasin,—a cotton-mouth; but I'll fix him."
From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford
Then, quite unexpectedly—oh! what a start it gave her!—the solitary white object burst upon her view, leprous and ghastly as the yawn of a cotton-mouth.
From Chita: a Memory of Last Island by Hearn, Lafcadio
Every time I sees a cotton-mouth I feels like I had just sit down on one.
From Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up by Mulford, Clarence Edward
A wound by the cotton-mouth moccasin, if treated properly, may not result in death.
From Wings of the Wind by Harris, Credo Fitch
Cotton-Mouth Moccasin.—The largest specimens of the cotton-mouth moccasin attain to a length of about six feet.
From Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by Harris, H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy)
