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Copperhead
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Meaning
Noun
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In Colubrid snakes, Elapid snakes, Vipers & Hair:
Any of certain of
snakes
having a copper-colored
head
in three
families
within
suborder
Serpentes.
Agkistrodon contortrix, a
venomous
pit viper
species
found in
parts
of North America.
●
In Colubrid snakes, Elapid snakes & Hair:
Any of certain of
snakes
having a copper-colored
head
in three
families
within
suborder
Serpentes.
Deinagkistrodon acutus, the Chinese
copperhead
, a
venomous
pit viper
species
found in Southeast Asia
●
In Colubrid snakes, Elapid snakes, Hair & People:
Any of certain of
snakes
having a copper-colored
head
in three
families
within
suborder
Serpentes.
Austrelaps
spp
. (Australian
copperheads
), a
genus
of
venomous
elapids
found in
southern
Australia and Tasmania.
●
In Colubrid snakes & Elapid snakes:
Any of certain of
snakes
having a copper-colored
head
in three
families
within
suborder
Serpentes.
Coelognathus radiatus (syn. Elaphe radiata), the
copperhead
rat snake
, a
non-venomous
colubrid
species
found in
southern
Asia.
⚠️
In Hair:
Someone with
ginger
hair.
●
In American English & American Civil War:
A
northerner
who
sympathized
with the South or
wanted
to end
hostilities
during the American Civil War.
⚠️
In American English:
Any
member
of the Democratic party.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
copperhead
English
copper
English
coper
Middle English (1100-1500)
coper
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
head
English
hed
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Related
⚠️
Related words may be derogatory
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