Associations to the word «Copperhead»

Wiktionary

COPPERHEAD, noun. Any of various types of snakes having a copper-colored head.
COPPERHEAD, noun. Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous pit viper species found in parts of North America.
COPPERHEAD, noun. Austrelaps, or Australian copperhead, a genus of venomous elapids found in southern Australia and Tasmania.
COPPERHEAD, noun. Elaphe radiata, the copperhead rat snake, a non-venomous species found in southern Asia.
COPPERHEAD, noun. Deinagkistrodon acutus, the Chinese copperhead, a venomous pit viper species found in Southeast Asia
COPPERHEAD, noun. (pejorative) Someone with ginger hair.
COPPERHEAD, noun. (US) (obsolete) (slang) A northerner who sympathized with the South or wanted to end hostilities during the American Civil War.
COPPERHEAD, noun. (US) (obsolete) (pejorative) Any member of the Democratic party. [chiefly 1860s]

Dictionary definition

COPPERHEAD, noun. Common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States.
COPPERHEAD, noun. Venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia.

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