About The Word Copperhead
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Copperhead
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What's The Definition Of Copperhead?
[n] venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
[n] common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States Synonyms | Synonyms for Copperhead: Agkistrodon contortrix | Denisonia superba Related Terms | Find terms related to Copperhead: See Also | Agkistrodon | Ancistrodon | Denisonia | elapid | elapid snake | genus Agkistrodon | genus Ancistrodon | genus Denisonia | pit viper Copperhead In Webster's Dictionary \Cop"per*head`\, n. [From its color.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A poisonous American serpent ({Ancistrodon
conotortrix}), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but
without rattles; -- called also {copper-belly}, and {red
viper}.
2. A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who
sympathized with the South during the Civil War. [U.S.]
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