cotton-mouth
Example Sentences
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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
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)
How strong the feeling is my boatman gave me proof within ten minutes after his failure with the cotton-mouth.
From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford
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
