{i} heelless slipper of soft and flexible leather; hard-soled shoe that resembles the moccasin; any of several North American snakes including the cottonmouth (Zoology)
Moccasins are soft leather shoes which have a low heel and a raised join round the top of the front part. Either of two species of pit viper: the water moccasin or the Mexican moccasin (Agkistrodon bilineatus). The Mexican moccasin, or cantil, is a dangerous snake of lowland regions from the Rio Grande to Nicaragua. About 3 ft (1 m) long, it is brown or black with narrow, irregular, whitish bars on its back and sides. See also copperhead