Crossword clues for cottonmouth
The Collaborative International Dictionary
moccasin \moc"ca*sin\, n. [An Indian word. Algonquin makisin.]
A shoe made of deerskin, or other soft leather, the sole and upper part being one piece. It is the customary shoe worn by the American Indians.
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(Zo["o]l.) A poisonous snake of the Southern United States. The water moccasin ( Ancistrodon piscivorus syn. Agkistrodon piscivorus, also called cottonmouth and cottonmouth water moccasin) is usually found in or near water. Above, it is olive brown, barred with black; beneath, it is brownish yellow, mottled with darker. The upland moccasin is Ancistrodon atrofuscus. They resemble rattlesnakes, but are without rattles.
Moccasin flower (Bot.), a species of lady's slipper ( Cypripedium acaule) found in North America. The lower petal is two inches long, and forms a rose-colored moccasin-shaped pouch. It grows in rich woods under coniferous trees.
cottonmouth \cottonmouth\ n. venomous semiaquatic snake ( Agkistrodon piscivorus) of swamps in southern U.S.; -- called also water moccasin, cottonmouth moccasin, and cottonmouth water moccasin. It grows to a length of about 4 feet. The name refers to the whiteness of the lips and inside of the mouth.
Syn: water moccasin, cottonmouth moccasin, Agkistrodon piscivorus.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context medicine uncountable English) An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs. 2 A snake, ''Agkistrodon piscivorus'', the water moccasin. 3 A snake, (taxlink Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen subspecies noshow=1), the (vern: northern copperhead).
WordNet
n. venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States [syn: water moccasin, cottonmouth moccasin, Agkistrodon piscivorus]
Wikipedia
Cottonmouth is the name of two distinct, unrelated fictional villains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first Cottonmouth, Cornell Cottonmouth, first appeared in Power Man #18 (June 1974) in a story written by Len Wein and drawn by George Tuska. The second Cottonmouth, Burchell Clemens, is a snake-themed super villain, mainly associated with the Serpent Society. He first appeared in Captain America vol. 1 #310 (October 1985), created by writer Mark Gruenwald and artist Paul Neary.
Cornell Cottonmouth, or just Cottonmouth, started out as a drug kingpin in New York City, involved in the events that led to Luke Cage gaining super powers becoming "Power Man". Cottonmouth tried to recruit Cage to his organization, but ultimately Cage knocked Cottonmouth out and turned him over to police. During the Shadowland storyline Cottonmouth returned as part of Nightshade's gang where they come into conflict with Daredevil as well as a new Power Man, who, like his predecessor, knocked Cottonmouth out and turned him over to police.
The second Cottonmouth, Burchell Clemens, was artificially enhanced and given the ability to extend his jaw to over a foot and bite through solid materials such as concrete. He first showed up as part of the Serpent Society, often teaming up with Society member Asp. The team came into conflict with Captain America during a paid hit on M.O.D.O.K. After being arrested Society leader Sidewinder freed Cottonmouth and others from custody. When Viper took control of the Serpent Society Cottonmouth was one of the members who opposed her, siding with Captain America to take Viper down. Cottonmouth remained a member when the Serpent Society was reorganized as Serpent Solutions.
The character will be portrayed by Mahershala Ali in Luke Cage, which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Cottonmouth may refer to:
- Agkistrodon piscivorus, a.k.a. the water moccasin, a venomous and semiaquatic pit viper found in the US
- Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, a.k.a. the northern copperhead, a venomous pit viper found in the US
Entertainment:
- Cottonmouth, the codename of O-Ren Ishii, Lucy Liu's character in the movie Kill Bill
- Cottonmouth (comics), a supervillain in the fictional Marvel Comics universe
- "Cottonmouth", a song from Australian music artist Sam Sparro, off his eponymous 2008 debut album.
- "Cottonmouth", a song by the Melvins
- "Cottonmouth", a song by Todd Bowie from his 2005 Lucky Space People album
- "Cottonmouth", a song by Emanuel (band) from their 2007 album Black Earth Tiger
- "Cottonmouth", a fictional city and the setting for Rockstar's Manhunt 2
- "Cottonmouth", a character in the 1978 movie Convoy
- "Cotton Mouth", a song by The Doobie Brothers from their 1972 album Toulouse Street
- "Cottonmouth", a song by In Hearts Wake from their 2015 album Skydancer
Other:
- Xerostomia, dryness of the mouth; a medical condition commonly known as "cotton mouth".
Usage examples of "cottonmouth".
The Mocs were the new home team, having adopted their name and attitude from the cottonmouth snake that was native to the Florida panhandle.
In addition to several species of nonvenomous vipers, there were rattlesnakes, cottonmouths and copperheads with venom drop-for-drop as poisonous as that of a rattler.
Besides that, everybody knowed how that high ground, in storm, drew every critter on these rivers, it was one of the worst places for rattlers, let alone cottonmouths, in all the Islands.
Injuns and cottonmouths and giant gators, and anyways, there was nowhere to run to, nothing but mangrove and deep-water rivers, miles from anywhere.
After all, how many other cottonmouths are lying in wait out there for a defenseless female to stumble over them?
Jude followed him, keeping an eye out for cottonmouths and water moccasins.
It was the people and the animals and the hostility, hostility that was in a league with the swamp billies and the alligators, the coons, the cottonmouths, the Negroes, the climate, the stinking mud and rotting swamp flowers.
Sheriff Amory and two of his deputies, some of the firemen, and a half dozen volunteers got out on the lake in rowboats and dragged nets back and forth, but they only came up with an angry catch of snapping turtles and cottonmouths.
Couple of dead, stuffed rattlers with the rib bones sticking through their taxidermied hides, and one live, but about to go, cottonmouth who didn't have any fangs and looked a lot like a deflated bicycle tire when it was coiled and asleep.
He did so, hoping there were no coral snakes or cottonmouths lurking under the surface of the water as he waded into it and stepped up into the pirogue.
It was heavy enough to make an impression on a cottonmouth moccasin, though he hoped that wouldn't be necessary.
And on my dusty way back, I'd wade some distance up the snaky old creek watching for any sight of a copperhead or cottonmouth moccasin.
She turned toward him a smooth, immobile face with a nose shaped like the business end of a cottonmouth moccasin and nostrils that ran up instead of out.
There, coiled comfortably on the second step, was a thick mottled specimen that Curly recognized as a cottonmouth water moccasin, common in southern Florida.