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copperhead [ˈkɒpəˌhɛd] n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a venomous reddish-brown snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, of the eastern US: family Crotalidae (pit vipers) 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a venomous reddish-brown Australian elapid snake, Denisonia superba 3. (Historical Terms) US informal a Yankee supporter of the South during the Civil War ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| Her book, Copperheads, will be published next year by Oxford University Press. He was convinced that those opposed to the Union were led by "a few evil fanatics" and from this viewpoint he pursued not only the Copperheads during the war, but, with ever increasing determination, those whom he held responsible for the death of Lincoln as well as those responsible for the atrocities of the prisoner-of-war camps. 1-17 FA (Paladin) Copperheads deployed to OIF in late March 2003, initially DS to 1-10 Cav, firing more than 700 rounds before halting at the Iraq-Iran border. |
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