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)

But weuns have medicine tuh take when cotton-mouth or moccasin hit in leg with fangs.

From Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat by Rathborne, St. George

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

Sometimes a big, deadly cotton-mouth, the ugliest snake in the world, swam in front of Dick as he struggled forward, but though his flesh quivered he said nothing lest he make Ned nervous.

From Dick in the Everglades by Dimock, A. W.