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

"Yes," he said, "a big one, a moccasin,—a cotton-mouth; but I'll fix him."

From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford

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

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