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cottonmouth: see water moccasin water moccasin or cottonmouth, highly venomous snake , Ancistrodon piscivorus, of the swamps and bayous of the S United States. Like the closely related copperhead, it is a pit viper and has a heat-sensitive organ for detecting ..... Click the link for more information. . water moccasinor cottonmouthEither of two species of pit viper that inhabits marshy lowlands of the southeastern U.S. and Mexico. The U.S. species (Agkistrodon piscivorus) is called a cottonmouth because it threatens with the mouth open, showing the white interior. It is up to 5 ft (1.5 m) long and is completely black or brown with darker crossbands. A dangerous snake with a potentially lethal bite, it tends to stand its ground or move slowly away when alarmed. It will eat almost any small animal, including turtles, fishes, and birds. See also copperhead. cottonmouth [′kät·ən‚mau̇th] (vertebrate zoology) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But Mullet Fingers sabotages their efforts: he removes survey stakes; puts alligators in the portable toilets; and releases a mess of cottonmouth snakes to scare away the guard dogs. In the boxes the men heard the water rise in the trench and looked out for cottonmouths. They're the Delta's answer to California's redwoods, patriarch trees rising above the swirling splash of primitive alligator gar, the lightning strike of a surly cottonmouth or the pterodactyl-like flight of a great blue heron here in the mosquito-infested silence of damp dark earth. |
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