copperhead Definition
☆ copper·head (käp′ər hed′)
noun
- a poisonous North American pit viper (Agkistrodon contortrix) with a copper-colored head and dark-brown cross bands
- Informal a Northerner who sympathized with the South at the time of the Civil War: so called in the North
copperhead Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
American: The husbandry requirements for the American Copperheads are not much more complicated than for any other snake.
Modifies a noun
snake: Link Copperhead Snakes Offers copperhead snake information and photos.
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