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cotton-mouth

adjective as in parched

verb as in dehydrate

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She described the dehydration, the cotton-mouth thirst.

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

Cotton-Mouth Moccasin.—The largest specimens of the cotton-mouth moccasin attain to a length of about six feet.

The cotton-mouth moccasin is semi-aquatic, being found around the edges of streams and other bodies of water.

They resemble the cotton-mouth moccasin in their general peculiarities, being, however, somewhat lighter in color.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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