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Moccasin (disambiguation)

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A moccasin is a form of shoe worn by Native Americans, as well as by hunters, traders, and settlers in the frontier regions of North America.

Moccasin may also refer to:

Places

Plants

  • Lady's slipper, an orchid, called the moccasin flower in the United States

Ships

Snakes

  • Any member of the genus Gloydius, also known as Asian moccasins, a group of venomous pit vipers found in Asia
  • Any member of the genus Agkistrodon, a group of venomous pit vipers found in North and Central America
  • Deinagkistrodon acutus, also known as the Chinese moccasin, a venomous pit viper species found in China and Southeast Asia
  • Calloselasma rhodostoma, also known as the Malayan moccasin, a venomous ground pit viper species found in Southeast Asia including Indonesia
  • Heterodon platirhinos, also known as the eastern hog-nosed snake, a non-venomous colubrid species found in North America

See also