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copperhead
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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.
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
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Noun1.copperhead - common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United Statescopperhead - 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
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