Meaning of COPPERHEAD
| Pronunciation: | | 'kâpur`hed
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- [n] venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
- [n] common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
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COPPERHEAD is a 10 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | Agkistrodon contortrix, Denisonia superba |
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| | See Also: | | Agkistrodon, Ancistrodon, Denisonia, elapid, elapid snake, genus Agkistrodon, genus Ancistrodon, genus Denisonia, pit viper | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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