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water moccasin

wa·ter moc·ca·sin
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [waw-ter, wot-er mok-uh-sin, -zuh n]
    • /ˈwɔ tər, ˈwɒt ər ˈmɒk ə sɪn, -zən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [waw-ter, wot-er mok-uh-sin, -zuh n]
    • /ˈwɔ tər, ˈwɒt ər ˈmɒk ə sɪn, -zən/

Definitions of water moccasin words

  • noun water moccasin the cottonmouth. 1
  • noun water moccasin any of various similar but harmless snakes, as a water snake of the genus Nerodia. 1
  • noun water moccasin a large dark grey venomous snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, of swamps in the southern US: family Crotalidae (pit vipers) 0
  • noun water moccasin a large, poisonous, olive-brown pit viper (Agkistrodon piscivorus) with dark crossbars, found along or in rivers and swamps in the SE U.S.; cottonmouth: often confused with various harmless snakes, esp. several water snakes (genus Natrix) 0
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Origin of water moccasin

First appearance:

before 1815
One of the 39% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1815-25

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Parts of speech for Water moccasin

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water moccasin popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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