copperhead

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Noun

1. 1
   Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes: A venomous pit viper of species Agkistrodon contortrix, found in parts of North America.
2. 2
   Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes: A water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus)
3. 3
   Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes: A Chinese copperhead (Deinagkistrodon acutus), a venomous pit viper species found in Southeast Asia
4. 4
   Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes: Any Australian copperhead (Austrelaps spp.), a venomous elapid found in southern Australia and Tasmania.
5. 5
   Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes: A copperhead rat snake (Coelognathus radiatus, syn. Elaphe radiata), a non-venomous colubrid species found in southern Asia.
6. 6
   Someone with ginger hair.
7. 7
   A northerner who sympathized with the South or wanted to end hostilities during the American Civil War.
8. 8
   Any member of the Democratic party.