WATER MOCCASIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water moccasin mean? 

• WATER MOCCASIN (noun)
  The noun WATER MOCCASIN has 2 senses:

1. venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States

2. any of numerous North American water snakes inhabiting fresh waters

  Familiarity information: WATER MOCCASIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATER MOCCASIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Agkistrodon piscivorus; cottonmouth; cottonmouth moccasin; water moccasin

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of numerous North American water snakes inhabiting fresh waters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)