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noun
An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, the water moccasin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A snake, Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: water moccasin, cottonmouth moccasin, Agkistrodon piscivorus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pit viper
History
From cotton + mouth.
Across languages
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