Definition of Cottonmouths

1. Noun. (plural of cottonmouth) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cottonmouths

1. cottonmouth [n] - See also: cottonmouth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cottonmouths

cotton wool buds
cotton wools
cottonade
cottonades
cottonary
cottoned
cottoned to
cottonfield
cottonfields
cottoning
cottoning to
cottonlike
cottonmouth
cottonmouth moccasin
cottonmouths (current term)
cottonocracy
cottonoid
cottonoids
cottonous
cottonpox
cottons
cottons to
cottonseed
cottonseed cake
cottonseed meal
cottonseed oil
cottonseeds
cottontail
cottontail rabbit

Literary usage of Cottonmouths

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Army Life of an Illinois Soldier: Including a Day by Day Record of Sherman's by Charles Wright Wills (1906)
"Lots of snakes here, cottonmouths, copperheads, rattlesnakes, and commoner varmint. There's also a scorpion that looks like a lizard with a green head. ..."

2. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"... of the swamps — where gorged buzzards started from sleep, or cottonmouths uncoiled, hissing, at the coming of the searchers. And sometimes all who had ..."

3. Investigation of Inappropriate Pollutant Entries Into Storm Drainage Systems by Robert Pitt (1993)
"... live in close proximity to man (including cottonmouths, water moccasins, copperheads, and rattlesnakes), plus contain lush growths of poison ivy or oak. ..."

4. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"Here too are handsome, gentle indigo snakes, a threatened, non-poisonous New World snake— and some of its poisonous relatives, cottonmouths, coral snakes, ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Rattlesnakes and moccasins, or cottonmouths, both venomous, are occasionally seen. Soil.— The Lowland Basin, the less elevated parts of the Valley of East ..."

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