[
US
/ˈkɑtənˌmaʊθ/
]
[ UK /kˈɒtənmˌaʊθ/ ]
[ UK /kˈɒtənmˌaʊθ/ ]
NOUN
- venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
How To Use cottonmouth In A Sentence
- The rattlesnake and cottonmouth are U.S. pit vipers, but the antivenom is a little different. Durangoherald.com
- She comes across a cottonmouth snake by the lake and experiences a spiritual and fatal attraction.
- Spittle had by now coagulated at the corners of his mouth, and would stay gathered there in elastic foam for the rest of the day, like a cottonmouth snake. Working Title: "Third Persons"
- He recently spent six months repeatedly noting the coiling configuration of twenty adult cottonmouths, a venomous species native to the southeastern United States.
- A deadly cottonmouth snake opens its jaws ready to unleash its venom. The Sun
- Those who could not get out of town would be swimming with the cottonmouths or tossed to the moon.
- It's because of birds that I know the difference between a sugar maple and a red maple, a diamondback water snake and a cottonmouth, an American lady and a painted lady.
- Unfortunately, he never did find the swamp, because the ground was alive with poisonous cottonmouth snakes and he didn't fancy getting bitten.
- This is the only product that can neutralize toxins from rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, and copperheads.
- I'm not glancing around for the next cottonmouth or even the clamping jaws of an irate alligator.