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Water moccasin
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Water moccasin,
A venomous North American snake (Ancistrodon piscivorus ) allied to the rattlesnake but destitute of a rattle. It lives in or about pools and ponds, and feeds largely of fishes. Called also water snake , water adder , water viper . [1913 Webster]
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