copperhead
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- 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.
- Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes: A water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus)
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Someone with ginger hair.
- A northerner who sympathized with the South or wanted to end hostilities during the American Civil War.
- Any member of the Democratic party.
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