moccasin

 
Pronunciation: /ˈmɒkəsɪn/

noun

  • 1a soft leather slipper or shoe, strictly one without a separate heel, having the sole turned up on all sides and sewn to the upper in a simple gathered seam, in a style originating among North American Indians.
  • 2a venomous American pit viper.
    • Genus Agkistrodon, family Viperidae: three species, in particular the water (or cottonmouth) moccasin (see cottonmouth) and the highland moccasin (see copperhead)

Origin:

early 17th century: from Virginia Algonquian mockasin. The word is also found in other American Indian languages

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