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WATER MOCCASIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous North American water snakes inhabiting fresh waters
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("water moccasin" is a kind of...):
water snake (any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water)
Holonyms ("water moccasin" is a member of...):
genus Natrix; Natrix (water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
Synonyms:
Agkistrodon piscivorus; cottonmouth; cottonmouth moccasin; water moccasin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("water moccasin" is a kind of...):
pit viper (New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head)
Holonyms ("water moccasin" is a member of...):
Agkistrodon; Ancistrodon; genus Agkistrodon; genus Ancistrodon (copperheads)
