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cottonmouth

/kot-n-mouth/US // ˈkɒt nˌmaʊθ //UK // (ˈkɒtənˌmaʊθ) //

棉口,棉嘴,木棉嘴,木棉口

Related Words

withered凋零,凋谢,枯萎,枯萎的thirsty口渴的,口渴,渴了,口渴了arid旱地,旱灾,旱区,旱季scorched烧焦了,烧焦的,被烧焦的,烧焦dry out晒干,干透,干涸,脱水burned烧毁的,被烧毁的,烧伤的,被烧伤的dehydrated脱水,脱水的,脱水型,无水shriveled干瘪的,萎缩的,干瘪,萎缩dry干,干燥的,干燥,干式drain排水,排出,排水系统,排水渠sear搜索,灼烧,灼伤,灼热parch鹦鹉,割裂,鹦鹉学舌,抛锚evaporate挥发,蒸发,挥发掉,蒸发掉exsiccate吐出,祛痰,祛除,祛病desiccate干燥,脱水,干燥剂,干燥处理dried up枯竭了,枯竭了的,枯竭,枯竭的dry as dust干枯如尘,干燥如尘,干枯如尘埃,干瘪如尘waterless无水,无水的,无水化,不含水dry up干涸,涸泽而渔,阴干,干枯

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural cot·ton·mouths [kot-n-mouths, -mouthz]. /ˈkɒt nˌmaʊθs, -ˌmaʊðz/.

    • : a venomous snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, of swamps in southeastern U.S., that grows to about 4 feet.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inparched
Synonyms
arid旱地,旱灾,旱区,旱季scorched烧焦了,烧焦的,被烧焦的,烧焦thirsty口渴的,口渴,渴了,口渴了withered凋零,凋谢,枯萎,枯萎的burned烧毁的,被烧毁的,烧伤的,被烧伤的dehydrated脱水,脱水的,脱水型,无水shriveled干瘪的,萎缩的,干瘪,萎缩dried out干瘪的,干涸的,干瘪,干枯的dried up枯竭了,枯竭了的,枯竭,枯竭的dry as dust干枯如尘,干燥如尘,干枯如尘埃,干瘪如尘waterless无水,无水的,无水化,不含水
as indehydrate
Synonyms
dry out晒干,干透,干涸,脱水desiccate干燥,脱水,干燥剂,干燥处理drain排水,排出,排水系统,排水渠dry干,干燥的,干燥,干式evaporate挥发,蒸发,挥发掉,蒸发掉exsiccate吐出,祛痰,祛除,祛病parch鹦鹉,割裂,鹦鹉学舌,抛锚sear搜索,灼烧,灼伤,灼热dry up干涸,涸泽而渔,阴干,干枯

Examples

  • But then, mysteriously, they all contracted strange ailments: cottonmouth, headaches, and severe dehydration.

  • When suddenly approached the moccasin opens wide its white-lined mouth, and one then understands why it is called cottonmouth.

  • Joe Harmon was small and stout, a little round man with bushy eyebrows and the flabby face of a cottonmouth snake.

  • The named, American kinds of Agkistrodon currently are arranged as three species: the copperhead, the cantil and the cottonmouth.

  • All are of late Pleistocene Age and well within the present geographic range of the cottonmouth.

  • The average for the eastern cottonmouth obtained by Gloyd and Conant, however, was 137 ventrals in both sexes.

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