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copper-fastened |
copper-nickel |
copper-nose |
copperas |
copperbottom |
copperhead
| coppering
| copperish
| copperplate
| copperplate engraving
| coppersmith
copperhead
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun copperhead has 2 senses
- copperhead(n = noun.animal) agkistrodon contortrix - common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States; Array is a kind of pit viper
- copperhead(n = noun.animal) denisonia superba - venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia; Array is a kind of elapid, elapid snake
is a member of agkistrodon, ancistrodon, genus agkistrodon, genus ancistrodon
is a member of denisonia, genus denisonia
CIDE DICTIONARY
copperhead, n. [From its color.].
- A poisonous American serpent (
Ancistrodon conotortrix ), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called alsocopper-belly , andred viper . [1913 Webster] - A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
copperhead, n.
1 a venomous viper, Agkistrodon contortrix, native to N. America.
2 a venomous cobra, Denisonia superba, native to Australia.
1 a venomous viper, Agkistrodon contortrix, native to N. America.
2 a venomous cobra, Denisonia superba, native to Australia.
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