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)
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.
"Yes," he said, "a big one, a moccasin,—a cotton-mouth; but I'll fix him."
From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford
Then, quite unexpectedly—oh! what a start it gave her!—the solitary white object burst upon her view, leprous and ghastly as the yawn of a cotton-mouth.
From Chita: a Memory of Last Island by Hearn, Lafcadio
A wound by the cotton-mouth moccasin, if treated properly, may not result in death.
From Wings of the Wind by Harris, Credo Fitch
