Moccasin

['mɒkəsɪn] or ['mɑkəsn]

Definition

(noun.) soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans.

Checker: Millicent--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A shoe made of deerskin, or other soft leather, the sole and upper part being one piece. It is the customary shoe worn by the American Indians.

(n.) A poisonous snake of the Southern United States. The water moccasin (Ancistrodon piscivorus) is usually found in or near water. Above, it is olive brown, barred with black; beneath, it is brownish yellow, mottled with darker. The upland moccasin is Ancistrodon atrofuscus. They resemble rattlesnakes, but are without rattles.

Typist: Ludwig

Definition

n. a shoe of deerskin or other soft leather worn by the North American Indians: a venomous North American serpent.—Also Moc′assin.

Typed by Elvin