Mōc'ca-sin, n.
n. [An Indian word. Algonquin makisin.] [Sometimes written moccason.]
Sense 1. A shoe or cover for the foot, made of deer-skin or other soft leather, without a sole, and ornamented on the upper side; the customary shoe worn by the American Indians.
Sense 2. (Zoöl.) A poisonous water serpent of the Southern United States (Toxicophis piscivorus), of a dark chestnut brown, faintly barred with black. The upland moccasin is T. atrapiscus.
Moccasin flower (Bot.), the lady's-slipper. See LADY'S-SLIPPER.