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moccasin

moc·ca·sin [ mókəssin ] (plural moc·ca·sins)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. Native N American shoe: a Native North American heelless shoe made of deerskin or other soft leather wrapped around the foot and stitched on top

2. leather shoe: a low-heeled leather shoe whose side panels are joined to the upper panel using prominent stitching to form a raised puckered seam

3. reptiles 
Same as  water moccasin (sense 1)


[Early 17th century. < Virginia Algonquian mockasin]
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