water-moccasin

A young girl of twelve was struck on the ankle by a water-moccasin.

With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon John Allan 1914

In the early settlement days there were a great many snakes of different kinds in Marshall County; but now, owing to the clearing of the land for cultivation and the common warfare of extermination, they are comparatively rare with the exception of the water-moccasin.

With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon John Allan 1914

From first to last less than five minutes 'activity had been needed for the task of scotching this water-moccasin of the salt seas and putting its keepers at the mercy of the country whose hospitality they had too long abused.

The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf Louis Joseph Vance 1906

Their angling was rewarded only by a little black water-moccasin that wriggled and forked its venomous red tongue in an attempt to exercise its death-dealing prerogative.

The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson 1905

Closely related to the rattlesnakes are the true moccasins, of which there are two species, one being the cotton-mouth or water-moccasin

Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene 1896

The water-moccasin is ugly, and ugly all the way through.

On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Lina Beard 1888

Seed Sower, he follows the sun toward the tropics, where, likely enough, he tells the alligators long tales of northern lands and assures the water-moccasin that, big snake as he is, the mountain rattlesnake is quicker at biting.

Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners Elliott Coues 1870

The water-moccasin will not trouble you if you let him alone.

Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida Oliver Optic 1859

My brer Jim kill't a water-moccasin down dere yistiddy 'bout ten feet long. "

The House Behind the Cedars 1900

My brer Jim kill't a water-moccasin down dere yistiddy 'bout ten feet long. "

The House Behind the Cedars 1895