moc|ca|sin

moc|ca|sin
moc|ca|sin «MOK uh suhn», noun.
1. a soft shoe, often made from the skin of a deer. Moccasins were originally worn by North American Indians, and are typically without heels, having the sole and the sides stitched to the upper or vamp with rawhide.
2. a poisonous snake of the southeastern United States; the copperhead or especially the water moccasin.
╂[American English < Algonkian (probably a Virginia tribe). Compare Powhatan mäkäs.]

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