cottonmouth

English

noun
Definitions
  • (medicine) An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.
  • A snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, the water moccasin.
  • A snake, , the .

Etymology

Compound from English cotton + English mouth (river mouth).

Origin

English

mouth

Gloss

river mouth

Concept
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The physical world

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Person/Thing

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