cotton-mouth
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What's the color of the rainbow-snake and of the cotton-mouth moccasin?
From The Purple Heights by Oemler, Marie Conway
A wound by the cotton-mouth moccasin, if treated properly, may not result in death.
From Wings of the Wind by Harris, Credo Fitch
The cotton-mouth moccasin is semi-aquatic, being found around the edges of streams and other bodies of water.
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
"Yes," he said, "a big one, a moccasin,—a cotton-mouth; but I'll fix him."
From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford