cotton-mouth

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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)

A cotton-mouth water snake, short, thick as a man's arm and indescribably loathsome, wriggled on top of the mud as Roger prepared to leap.

From The Plunderer by Oyen, Henry

A wound by the cotton-mouth moccasin, if treated properly, may not result in death.

From Wings of the Wind by Harris, Credo Fitch

We were both old hands at the business, had each in our time suffered the "cotton-mouth" thirst, and the memory of it outweighed any desire for treasure.

From Arizona Nights by White, Stewart Edward

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