MOCCASIN


Meaning of MOCCASIN in English

n. 1 a type of soft leather slipper or shoe with combined sole and heel, as orig. worn by n. American Indians. 2 (in full water moccasin) US a poisonous American snake of the genus Agkistrodon piscivorus.

[ Amer. ind. mockasin, makisin ]

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