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Webster 1913 Edition

Water moccasin

Wa′ter moc′ca-sin

.
(Zool.)
A venomous North American snake (
Ancistrodon piscivorus
) allied to the rattlesnake but destitute of a rattle. It lives in or about pools and ponds, and feeds largely of fishes. Called also
water snake
,
water adder
,
water viper
.

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