highland moccasin
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moccasin
[mok´ah-sin] any of several species of snakes of the genus
Agkistrodon.water moccasin Agkistrodon piscivorus, a venomous semiaquatic
pit viper with an olive or brown back, found in the southern United States. Called also
cottonmouth.
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