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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans [syn: moccasin, mocassin]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Virginia Algonquian mockasin Date: circa 1612 1. a. a soft leather heelless shoe or boot with the sole brought up the sides of the foot and over the toes where it is joined with a puckered seam to a U-shaped piece lying on top of the foot b. a regular shoe having a seam on the forepart of the vamp imitating the seam of a moccasin 2. a. water moccasin b. a snake (as of the genus Natrix) resembling a water moccasin

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a type of soft leather slipper or shoe with combined sole and heel, as orig. worn by N. American Indians. 2 (in full water moccasin) US a poisonous American snake of the genus Agkistrodon piscivorus. Etymology: Amer. Ind. mockasin, makisin

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Moccasin Moc"ca*sin, n. [An Indian word. Algonquin makisin.] [Sometimes written moccason.] 1. 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. 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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. Moccasin flower (Bot.), a species of lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule) found in North America. The lower petal is two inches long, and forms a rose-colored moccasin-shaped pouch. It grows in rich woods under coniferous trees.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(moccasins) Moccasins are soft leather shoes which have a low heel and a raised join round the top of the front part. N-COUNT