copperhead (redirected from Copperheads)

cop·per·head  (kpr-hd)

n.

1. A venomous snake (Agkistrodon contortrix) of the eastern and central United States, having a reddish-brown body marked with darker crossbands arranged in an hourglass pattern.

2. Copperhead A Northerner who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	copperhead - common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States Agkistrodon contortrix pit viper - New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head Agkistrodon, Ancistrodon, genus Agkistrodon, genus Ancistrodon - copperheads
	2.	copperhead - venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia Denisonia superba elapid, elapid snake - any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres Denisonia, genus Denisonia - copperheads

Translations

copperhead [ˈkɒpəhed] N → víbora f cobriza