moccasin
/ˈmɒkəsɪn/noun
1
- a 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无跟软鞋（一种软皮拖鞋或鞋, 严格来说无鞋跟, 由底皮上翻, 与帮部折缝而成, 缘于北美印第安人）。
2
- a venomous American pit viper食鱼蝮, 噬鱼蛇。
2.1
- Genus Agkistrodon, family Viperidae: three species, in particular the water (or cottonmouth) moccasin (see COTTONMOUTH) and the highland moccasin (see COPPERHEAD.)蝮属, 蝰科：3种, 尤指水噬鱼蛇（见COTTONMOUTH）和高地噬鱼蛇（见COPPERHEAD）。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Virginia Algonquian mockasin. The word is also found in other American Indian languages.