copperhead
A venomous pit viper of species Agkistrodon contortrix, found in parts of North AmericaAny 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.
Meaning
6 sensesAny 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.
A water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus)
A Chinese copperhead (Deinagkistrodon acutus), a venomous pit viper species found in Southeast Asia
Any Australian copperhead (Austrelaps spp.), a venomous elapid found in southern Australia and Tasmania.
A copperhead rat snake (Coelognathus radiatus, syn. Elaphe radiata), a non-venomous colubrid species found in southern Asia.
(derogatory)Someone with ginger hair.
- venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
- common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
Origin
From copper + head.From copper + head.
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Forms
plural: copperheads| Singular | copperhead |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia:Denisonia superba
- common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States:Agkistrodon contortrix