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water moccasin

wa·ter moc·ca·sin (plural wa·ter moc·ca·sins)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. poisonous N American snake: a venomous snake belonging to the pit viper family that has an olive to brownish back and indistinct black bars and lives partly on land, partly in water. Native to: southern United States.  Latin name Agkistrodon piscivorus.

2. harmless water snake: a snake that resembles the venomous water moccasin but is harmless. Genus Nerodia.

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