moccasin


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
moccasin/ˈmɒkəsɪn/
noun
  • 1 a soft leather slipper or shoe, having the sole turned up and sewn to the upper in a gathered seam, originally worn by North American Indians.
  • 2 a venomous American pit viper. [Genus Agkistrodon: three species.]
– origin C17: from Virginia Algonquian mockasin.
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